OSHA is urging a federal court to reject a public interest group's request for preliminary injunction to compel the Trump administration to implement delayed requirements of an Obama-era worker injury and illness reporting rule, arguing that its delay is reasonable and that the plaintiffs have not met the test for winning such an injunction.
Public Citizen is advancing a pair of lawsuits seeking to compel the Trump administration to implement an Obama-era worker injury and illness reporting rule, urging a district court to order OSHA to start collecting employers' detailed data on worker injuries and illnesses, while also seeking summaries of that data the agency has already collected.
Business groups and industry attorneys are threatening aggressive advocacy, including reviving stayed suits challenging OSHA's injury and illness recordkeeping program, to address concerns that the Trump administration's planned rollback of an Obama-era rule does not go far enough to remove aspects of the rule employers oppose.
OSHA has formally submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) its proposed rule seeking to rollback requirements for certain employers to submit employee injury and illness records typically kept on site to the agency online, as required under a 2016 Obama-era update to OSHA's recordkeeping rule.
Implementing workplace health programs and meeting OSHA compliance requirements will be the main topics of discussion at a Boston conference and a series of webinars on OSHA this week.
OSHA on Tuesday announced that it is seeking public comment on new efforts to reduce paperwork and reporting burdens on states that maintain their own occupational safety and health plans.
OSHA is planning to release complete reporting numbers and a full analysis of injury reporting for the past year following implementation of new requirements one year ago mandating that any severe on-the-job injury be reported within 24 hours.
OSHA took a key step forward in its regulatory plan to require larger companies to electronically report workplace injuries and illnesses, with the data later being posted to an online database, by sending the rule for White House review -- a clear signal OSHA fully intends to issue the rule while time remains in the Obama administration.
OSHA may be only four months away from publishing a long-promised and highly controversial rule to compel employers to submit electronic records of work-related injuries and illnesses, with the September date for the rule inked in the latest regulatory agenda only a month slip from the agency's earlier target, leaving observers to speculate the Obama administration is determined to finish the rule but needs to iron out final technical details before publishing it.
OSHA recently clarified new requirements on worker amputations and eye loss under a stricter incident reporting rule that took effect this month, delineating the circumstances under which such events are reportable, with industry sources saying the interpretation is useful in some ways -- particularly whether blindness versus removal of an eye falls under the mandate.