Smart Benefits: Proposed Rule to Alleviate Reporting Burden on Large Businesses
Monday, August 13, 2018
Employers with more than 10 employees in most industries are required to collect information on occupational injuries and illnesses. Each injury and illness must be reported on an OSHA Form 300 and employers must also prepare an OSHA Form 301 to provide additional details. Form 301 requests sensitive information such as the employee’s date of birth, the body part affected, and whether they were treated in an ER and/or hospitalized overnight.
OSHA indicated it’s changing its recordkeeping requirements for a number of reasons, including:
- The risk of disclosure of sensitive worker information
- The costs of collecting and using the information
- The reporting burden on employers
Under the current recordkeeping rule, the initial deadline for electronic submission of information from Forms 300 and 301 by covered businesses with 250 or more employees was July 1, 2018. However, OSHA will not enforce this deadline without further notice during this rulemaking.
Comments on the proposed rule will be accepted until September 28.
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