There’s now a question whether OSHA’s new injury and illness recordkeeping requirements, years in the making and scheduled to go into effect January 1, 2002, will in fact take effect on that date.
“OSHA has pulled from the Office of Management and Budget its documents covering the paperwork burden posed by the recordkeeping standard,” said an OSHA spokesperson. “The paperwork issues being considered are in line with the overall review of the recordkeeping standard (now being conducted within the Department of Labor). Andrew Card, President Bush’s chief of staff, ordered the review of all regulations promulgated by the previous administration and not yet in effect.”