Federal safety regulators’ decision to not fully enforce an Obama administration rule requiring large employers to provide them with detailed injury and illness information is facing a court challenge from health organizations.
Public Citizen Health Research Group and two other health advocacy associations filed a lawsuit July 25, asking a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction requiring the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to compel employers to hand over all the information required by the electronic record-keeping rule.
Health groups have said public access to the data held by OSHA will improve their studies into workplace health and ...