Mandatory submission of injury and illness data to OSHA through a dedicated Web-based portal should, in theory, make the process quick and easy. However, a recent spate of real and proposed changes to the agency’s E-Recordkeeping Rule has left many employers wondering if they are required to submit injury and illness data for certain establishments, by when they must do it, and what the consequences are of not submitting the data.

The latest in Conn Maciel Carey LLP’s OSHA webinar series addressed these topics and provided some much-needed clarity for employers. Dan Deacon, an Associate in the Washington, D.C.-based law firm’s OSHA Practice group, highlighted an important change to the annual electronic recordkeeping requirement promulgated under the Obama Administration in May 2016. Under the plain text of the Rule, this year, establishments with 250 or more employees are supposed to submit not only their 300A data, but also data from … Read more...

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