Critics Bash OSHA's Proposal for Online Workplace Injury Reporting

By Mark Larson, ReporterEmployers nationally and the governor of Maine are among those that have lined up against a U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration rule proposal that would require employers to post worker injuries and illness reports electronically for eventual public online viewing.Others look at it as a useful way for employees, business competitors and the press to keep an easily accessible record of an employers' workplace safety record, said one analyst of workplace health and safety policies.In a Nov. 7 press release announcing the proposal, OSHA Assis...