Federal Safety Agency Finalizes New Reporting Requirements (1)

The US Department of Labor has resurrected an Obama-era effort to get employers in industries it deems potentially more dangerous to workers to submit certain injury and illness data to the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“It’s an example, we think, of good government in action,” OSHA Deputy Secretary Doug Parker said during a Monday briefing on the rule.

The final rule released Monday and set to take affect Jan. 1 would require employers with 100 or more workers in industries OSHA considers the “highest-hazard” to file additional injury and illness documents with the agency, according to a Federal ...