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OSHA’s updated electronic injury and illness reporting rule is

effective January 1, 2024. 

Establishments that meet the new criteria must electronically report information from their OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report forms by March 2nd each year for the previous calendar year. More details can be found on the OSHA website

Final Rule to Improve Tracking | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (osha.gov)  

 

The New Requirements

·    Certain establishments must electronically submit to OSHA detailed information about each recordable injury and illness entered on their previous calendar year's OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report forms (29 CFR 1904.41). This includes the date, physical location, and severity of the injury or illness; details about the worker who was injured; and details about how the injury or illness occurred.

·    Only establishments with 100 or more employees in designated industries are required to submit case-specific information from the OSHA Form 300 Log and the OSHA Form 301 Incident Report.

·    Establishments that had a peak employment of 100 or more employees during the previous calendar year meet this size criteria.

·    The designated industries are listed in Appendix B to Subpart E of 29 C.F.R. Part 1904.

·    One way to determine if your establishment(s) is required to report these data is by using our ITA Coverage Application.

·    The requirements apply to establishments covered by Federal OSHA, as well as establishments covered by states with their own occupational safety and health programs (i.e., State Plans).

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·    The data must be electronically submitted through OSHA's Injury Tracking Application (ITA). There are 3 ways to submit the data: (1) webform on the ITA, (2) submission of a csv file to the ITA, or (3) use of an application programming interface (API) feed. The ITA will begin accepting 2023 injury and illness data on January 2, 2024. The due date to complete this submission is     March 2, 2024. The submission requirement is annual, and the deadline for timely submission of the previous year's injury and illness data will be on March 2 of each year.

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U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule to update the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).

 

OSHA has issued a final rule that updates the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to align primarily with the seventh revision of the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). The final rule was published on May 20, 2024 and takes effect on July 19, 2024.

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The updated standard will improve the standard’s effectiveness by better informing employees about chemical hazards in the workplace. This final rule will increase worker protections and reduce the incidences of chemical-related occupational illnesses and injuries by further improving the information on the labels and safety data sheets for hazardous chemicals. The final rule will also address issues arising since implementation of the 2012 standard and improve alignment with other federal agencies and Canada. Please see the Highlights for more information.

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OSHA is also providing a redline strikeout version of the regulatory text and appendices for stakeholders which can be found under Highlights.

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Established in 1983, the HCS provides a standardized approach to communicating workplace hazards associated with exposure to dangerous chemicals. OSHA updated the standard in 2012 to align with the third revision of the GHS. The system provides a common and coherent approach to classifying chemicals and communicating hazard information.

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HCS Final Rule Questions and Answers 

 

HCS 2012 to HCS 2024 Comparison 

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