Workplace safety and health: actions needed to improve reporting of summary injury and illness data : report to Congressional requesters
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Government Accountability Office. issuing body. United States. Congress. issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, January 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Accidents, Occupational -- legislation & jurisprudence Employment -- legislation & jurisprudence Government Regulation Records -- legislation & jurisprudence United States United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why GAO did this study. In 2018, about 3.5 million workers suffered job-related injuries, and illnesses and 5,250 died on the job, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Employers are required to record work-related injuries and illnesses, promptly report severe injury and illness incidents to OSHA, and certain employers are required to report summary injury and illness data electronically on an annual basis. GAO was asked to review how OSHA addresses recordkeeping violations, and implements its rule for reporting summary data. This report examines: (1) how and why recordkeeping violations changed from fiscal years 2005 through 2019 and (2) the extent to which employers report summary injury and illness data and OSHA has taken steps to ensure compliance with this requirement. GAO analyzed 15 years of OSHA recordkeeping violation data and compared OSHA and Census data to estimate how many employers complied with summary reporting requirements. GAO also reviewed agency procedures and relevant federal laws and regulations and interviewed OSHA headquarters officials and staff at seven OSHA area offices, selected for geographic dispersion and varying amounts of recordkeeping violations. What GAO recommends. GAO recommends OSHA evaluate procedures for ensuring reporting of summary data and develop a plan to remediate deficiencies. OSHA generally concurred with our recommendation.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (ii, 40 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918317781706676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918317781706676