{"id":13858,"date":"2023-09-01T18:46:27","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=13858"},"modified":"2023-10-04T18:46:39","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T18:46:39","slug":"osha-announces-final-rule-requiring-electronic-submissions-for-employers-in-certain-high-hazard-industries","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/osha-announces-final-rule-requiring-electronic-submissions-for-employers-in-certain-high-hazard-industries\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA Announces Final Rule Requiring Electronic Submissions for Employers in Certain High-Hazard Industries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/IO230911_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13843\" src=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/IO230911_01-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/IO230911_01-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/IO230911_01-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/IO230911_01-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/IO230911_01-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/IO230911_01.jpg 1788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new rule will require certain employers in designated high-hazard industries to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA. The rule, effective January 1, 2024, includes the following requirements:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establishments with 100 or more employees in certain high-hazard industries must<br \/>\nelectronically submit information from their Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries<br \/>\nand Illnesses, and Form 301, Injury and Illness Incident Report, to OSHA once a year. (Note: This is in addition to required submission of Form 300A, Summary of<br \/>\nWork-Related Injuries and Illnesses.)<\/li>\n<li>Establishments will be required to include their legal company name when making<br \/>\nelectronic submissions, rather than their Employer Identification Number.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Previously, two groups of establishments were required to electronically submit information from their Form 300A annual summary: (1) establishments with 20 to 249 employees in certain designated industries, and (2) establishments with 250 or more employees in industries required to routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records. New is the requirement that establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated high-hazard industries electronically submit information from their OSHA 300 and 301 to OSHA annually. The industries included were chosen based on industry hazardousness and will be listed in the new Appendix B to 1904 Subpart E.<\/p>\n<p>The Final Rule includes employers that had 100 or more employees at any point during the previous calendar year, including all full-time, part-time, temporary, and seasonal employees. Submissions will be due by March 2 for the previous calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>OSHA plans to publish some of the data collected on its website to allow employers, employees, potential employees, employee representatives, current and potential customers, researchers, and the general public to make informed decision about a company\u2019s workplace safety and health record.<\/p>\n<p>With the Final Rule not in effect until January 1, 2024,affected employers should have time to prepare for the new requirements and establish a process to ensure timely electronic submissions.<\/p>\n<p>Additional information on this new rule will be detailed in a later article.<\/p>\n<p><em>NIA provides the information in this article as an educational resource to promote a safer industry. While the information provided is based on the NIA\u2019s and the author\u2019s best judgment and the best information available at the time the article was prepared, NIA encourages all readers to consult with their safety experts and legal counsel for their unique business circumstances or when making changes to their safety programs.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1>Construction Industry: Focusing on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention<\/h1>\n<div>Every year, during September, which is National Suicide\u00a0Prevention Month, the\u00a0construction industry dedicates a week to raising awareness about the unique challenges workers face in construction that lead to suicide. During Construction Suicide Prevention Week,\u00a0September 4\u20138, the industry calls attention to the higher-than-average number of suicides in the construction industry and provides resources to help prevent those deaths. Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yh6ymt54\"><em>https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/yh6ymt54<\/em><\/a> to learn more.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During OSHA\u2019s Safe + Sound Week that took place in August, the agency released three new videos (available in English and with Spanish captioning at https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/5n8b7s5s) to provide tips on reaching out to\u00a0workers to support their\u00a0mental health. The videos<\/div>\n<div>are less than 3 minutes long and address mental health\u00a0as part of every workplace safety and health program(https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/ye24r64v). Visit osha.gov to learn more.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The October issue of\u00a0<em>Insulation Outlook<\/em> will include several articles on the important topic of mental health\u00a0for the construction industry.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective January 1, 2024, certain employers in designated high-hazard industries will be required to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA.<\/p>\n<p>SIDEBAR: Construction Industry: Focusing on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":[44,634],"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[34,26,32,629],"class_list":["post-13858","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-industrial","category-corrosion","category-health-and-safety","category-september-2023","author-gary-auman","author-lindsey-k-deck"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.0 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>OSHA Announces Final Rule Requiring Electronic Submissions for Employers in Certain High-Hazard Industries - Insulation Outlook Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/insulation.org\/io\/articles\/osha-announces-final-rule-requiring-electronic-submissions-for-employers-in-certain-high-hazard-industries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OSHA Announces Final Rule Requiring Electronic Submissions for Employers in Certain High-Hazard Industries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effective January 1, 2024, certain employers in designated high-hazard industries will be required to electronically submit injury and illness information to OSHA.  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