OSHA Seeks Employer Input To Nudge Injury, Illness Prevention Program Effort Forward

OSHA hopes to incorporate a wide range of input from industry in the planning stages of its top regulatory priority, a proposed injury and illness prevention program rule, by conducting a confidential survey of employers about their approaches to safety and health, sources told Inside OSHA Online. The proposed survey, to be commissioned through an outside consulting firm, is currently being reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget, they said. It was unclear, however, what role the “baseline survey” of companies could play in an eventual rulemaking, because the agency has indicated that