OSHA Extends Compliance Date for Electronic Injury Reporting

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has extended the date by which employers must electronically report injury and illness data through the agency’s injury-tracking application, to Dec. 15. The two-week extension is intended to give employers more time to become familiar with the new electronic reporting system, which was introduced on Aug. 1, OSHA said in a news release. OSHA’s final rule to Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses requires certain employers to electronically submit injury and illness information they are already req...