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OMB Backs OSHA Plan To Narrow Recordkeeping Rule, Presaging Suit

By Ariana Figueroa
January 18, 2019 at 01:57 PM
White House officials have approved a final OSHA rule rolling back an Obama-era measure that requires employers to upload injury and illness data online rather than keep the data on a work site, clearing the way for an almost certain lawsuit that critics say has been bolstered by a prior challenge to agency efforts to delay the 2016 rule's implementation.

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