By Roberto Ceniceros, Crain News Service
WASHINGTON (Nov. 8, 2013) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed requiring employers to file their injury and illness reports electronically, a change that also would make those records publicly accessible.
Public access to the information would encourage employers to maintain and improve their workplace safety records to be known as good companies for which to work and with which to do business with, OSHA said in a statement.
The data also would allow employers to compare their injury/illness rates to those of other employers, OSHA said.