OSHA to Roll Out Electronic Reporting Site Aug. 1

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on Friday that it will launch a web-based application on Aug. 1 where employers can submit injury data, a sign that the agency plans to move forward with its electronic-reporting rule. The rule has been controversial because of OSHA’s plan to make workplace injury data public, as a way to “nudge” employers to improve their safety records, the agency has said. Many have predicted that the Obama-era regulation would be scuttled under the Trump administration, as part of OSHA’s move away from “sham...