b'OSHA UPDATE CSIA 19Arulewillnowrequirecertainhad100ormoreemployeesatanypointduring new employersindesignatedhigh-hazardthe previous calendar year. The count will include industriestoelectronicallysubmitallfull-time,part-time,temporaryandseasonal injuryandillnessinformationtotheemployees. Submissions will be due by March 2 for OccupationalSafetyandHealthAdministrationthe previous calendar year. (OSHA).Yes,constructionisahighhazard industry as is most manufacturing. The rule, whichEmployers should be aware that OSHA will plan to willtakeeffectonJanuary1,2024,includesthepublish some of the data collected on the OSHA following requirements: website, in order to notify employers, employees, potentialemployees,employeerepresentatives, Establishments with 100 or more employees incurrent and potential customers, researchers and the certain high-hazard industries must electronicallygeneral public to access this information and make submit information from their Form 300 - Log ofinformeddecisionaboutacompanysworkplace Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, and Formsafetyandhealthrecord.OSHAhasstatedthat 301 - Injury and Illness Incident Report to OSHAitwillnotcollectorpublishemployeenamesor once a year.addresses, names of health care professionals, or names and addresses of facilities where treatment oNOTE: These submissions are in additionwas provided if treatment was provided away from to the required submission of Form 300Athe worksite.- Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses WhiletheFinalRuleindicatesthat employerswhowillbecoveredbythisruleshall To improve data quality, establishments will alsosubmit information from their Form 300Log of be required to include their legal company nameWorkRelatedInjuriesandIllnessesandForm when making electronic submissions to OSHA301Injury and Illness Incident Reports to OSHA from their injury and illness records, rather thanonce a year, the announcement by OSHA has not their Employer Identification Number (EIN). yet identified what information shall be submitted or the format in which it shall be filed electronically Previously,two(2)groupsofestablishmentswith OSHA. When this rule was initially discussed were required to electronically submit informationseveral years ago, one of the representations madeCENTRAL STATES INSULATION ASSOCIATIONfromtheirForm300Aannualsummary:(1)was that this information would be posted on the establishmentswith20-249employeesincertainOSHA website and would be available to the public. designatedindustries;and(2)establishmentsThe rule will be found in recordkeeping standard with250ormoreemployeesinindustriesthat1904.41.Section1904.41(b)(9)reads:youare arerequiredtoroutinelykeepOSHAinjuryandrequired to submit all of the information from the illness records. Whats new in the final rule is theformsexceptthefollowing:(i)Employeename requirement that establishments with 100 or more(columnB).Insection(ii),theexceptionextends employeesincertaindesignatedhigh-hazardtoEmployeename(field1),employeeaddress industrieswillnowberequiredtoelectronically(field2),nameofphysicianorotherhealthcare submit information from their OSHA 300 and 301professional (field 6), facility name and address if to OSHA once a year. The industries included weretreatment was given away from the work site (field chosen based on industry hazardousness and will7).From this we can see that the employer will be listed in the new Appendix B to 1904 Subpart E. be required to electronically file its OSHA 300 with the names of employees found in column B of the As discussed above, the Final Rule sets the numberOSHA300redacted.AstotheOSHA301,the of employees at 100 and will include employers thatemployer will be required to file those forms but will continuedpg.20csiaonline.org'