OSHA Schedules Public Meeting on Proposed Rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries, Illnesses

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a public meeting to allow interested parties to comment on the proposed rule to improve tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. OSHA's proposed rule amends its current recordkeeping regulations to add requirements for the electronic submission of injury and illness information employers are already required to keep under existing standards, Part 1904.

The meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington, D.C. Requests to attend or speak at the meeting may be submitted electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal eRulemaking Portal or by mail or facsimile.   The deadline to request to attend the meeting as a speaker or observer is Friday, Dec. 13. See the Federal Register notice for more details.