OSHA’sfinal rule requiring employers to notify the agency about workplace fatalities and severe injuries will be joined by other federal regulatory activity in 2015, according to Washington observers, who expect a number of regulations to be finalized during the last two years of the Obama administration.
Recordkeeping, Reporting Rules. Publication of a final rule requiring electronic filing of work-related injuries and illnesses is scheduled for August 2015. “An updated and modernized reporting system would enable a more efficient and timely collection of data, and would improve the accuracy and availability of the relevant records and statistics,” the agency said.