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U.S. Department of Labor | Nov. 22, 2017
WASHINGTON, DC – To allow affected employers
additional time to become familiar with a new electronic reporting system
launched on August 1, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
has extended the date by which
employers must electronically report injury and illness data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) to December 15, 2017.
OSHA’s final rule to
Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses sets December 15,
2017, as the date for compliance (a two-week extension from the December 1,
2017, compliance date in the proposed rule). The rule requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness
information they are already required to keep under existing OSHA regulations.
Unless an employer
is under federal jurisdiction, the
following OSHA-approved State Plans have not yet adopted the requirement to
submit injury and illness reports electronically: California, Maryland,
Minnesota, South Carolina, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Establishments in these states are not
currently required to submit their summary data through the ITA. Similarly,
state and local government establishments in Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, and
New York are not currently required to submit their data through the ITA.
OSHA is currently
reviewing the other provisions of its final rule to Improve Tracking of
Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, and intends to publish a notice of proposed
rulemaking to reconsider, revise, or remove portions of that rule in 2018.
Under the
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for
providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role
is to ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by
setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and
assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.
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Media Contacts:
Eric Holland, 202-693-4676, holland.eric.w@dol.gov
Release Number: 17-1571-NAT
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