A U.S. House of Representatives measure would nullify OSHA’s new electronic recordkeeping rule, which requires employers to electronically submit injury and illness data that they already record. Under the rule, which was published in the Federal Register on May 12, 2016, all establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness information from OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301.

A resolution introduced by Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) would use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to eliminate the rule.

Under the rule, all establishments with 250 or more employees in industries covered by the recordkeeping regulation must electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness information from OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301. A controversial provision is that companies can be cited for violations for requirements for recording injuries and illnesses that occurred up to five years previously.

OSHA said the electronic recordkeeping requirement would enable making injury information publicly available – which would “nudge” employers to focus on safety. The agency also said that fewer worker injuries would ultimately help the employer’s bottom line as well.

The new reporting requirements were scheduled to be phased in over two years.

In a recent survey, ISHN readers who favored repealing some OSHA standards named the electronic recordkeeping rule as the regulation they’d most like to see repealed.