Document ID: OSHA-2015-0006-0006
Agency: osha
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness; Extension of Comment Period
Posted Date: 2015-09-25T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 186 (Friday, September 25, 2015)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 57765-57766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-24319]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

29 CFR Part 1904

[Docket Number: OSHA-2015-0006]
RIN 1218-AC84

Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation To Make and 
Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness; 
Extension of Comment Period

AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rule; extension of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is 
extending the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rule: 
Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation To Make and Maintain 
an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness.

DATES: The comment due date for the proposed rule published in the 
Federal Register on July 29, 2015 (80 FR 45116) is extended. Comments 
must be submitted (postmarked, sent, or received) by October 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments and additional material using any of the 
following methods:
    Electronically. You may submit comments and attachments 
electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, which is the Federal e-
Rulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions on the Web site for making 
electronic submissions.
    Facsimile. If your submission, including attachments, does not 
exceed ten pages, you may fax it to the OSHA Docket Office at (202) 
693-1648. OSHA does not require hard copies of documents transmitted by 
facsimile. However, if you have supplemental attachments that are not 
delivered by facsimile, you must submit those attachments, by the 
applicable deadline, to the OSHA Docket Office, Technical Data Center, 
OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-
2625, Washington, DC 20210. Any such attachment must clearly identify 
the sender's name, the date of submission, the title of the rulemaking 
(Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain 
an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness), and the 
docket number (OSHA-2015-0006) so that the docket Office can add the 
attachment(s) to the appropriate facsimile submission.
    Regular or express mail, hand delivery, or messenger (courier) 
service. You may submit comments to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket 
Number OSHA-2015-0006, Technical Data Center, OSHA, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Room N-2625, Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone: (202) 693-2350. (OSHA's TTY number is (877) 889-5627). 
Please contact the OSHA Docket Office for information about Department 
of Labor security procedures that could affect the delivery of 
materials by express mail, hand delivery, and messenger or courier 
service. Also note that security-related procedures may delay the 
Agency's receipt of comments submitted by regular mail. The Docket 
Office will accept deliveries by hand, express mail, or messenger and 
courier service during the Docket Office's normal business hours, 8:15 
a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
    Instructions for submitting comments: All submissions must include 
the Agency's name (OSHA), the title of the rulemaking (Clarification of 
Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate 
Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness), and the docket number 
(OSHA-2015-0006). OSHA will place comments and other material, 
including any personal information you provide, in the public docket 
without revision, and the comments and other materials will be 
available online at http://www.regulations.gov. Therefore, OSHA 
cautions you about submitting statements and information that you do 
not want made available to the public or that contain personal 
information (about yourself or others) such as Social Security numbers, 
birthdates, and medical data. For additional information on the 
rulemaking process, see the Background heading in the SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION part of this document.
    Docket: To read or download comments or other material in the 
docket, go to Docket Number OSHA-20015-0006 at http://www.regulations.gov or to the OSHA Docket Office at the address 
provided previously. The electronic docket for this proposed rule, 
established at http://www.regulations.gov, lists all of the documents 
in the docket. However, some information (e.g., copyrighted material) 
is not publicly available to read or download through that Web site. 
All submissions, including copyrighted material, are available for 
inspection at the OSHA Docket Office. Contact the OSHA Docket Office 
for assistance in locating docket submissions.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: General information and press 
inquiries: Contact Frank Meilinger, Director, Office of Communications, 
Room N-3647, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-1999; email 
Meilinger.francis2@dol.gov. Technical inquiries: Contact William Perry, 
Directorate of Standards and Guidance, OSHA, U.S. Department of Labor, 
Room N-3718, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; 
telephone (202) 693-1950; email perry.bill@dol.gov.
    Copies of this Federal Register notice and news releases: 
Electronic copies of these documents are available at OSHA's Web page 
at http://www.osha.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    OSHA published a notice of proposed rulemaking on July 15, 2015, 
titled ``Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation To Make and 
Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness.'' 
The notice stated that comments were due by September 28, 2015. The 
National Association of Home Builders requested that the deadline for 
submitting comments be extended by 60 days to provide additional time 
for interested parties to engage in ``legal analysis, as well as 
careful review and discussion'' of the proposed rule. See Ex. OSHA-
2015-006-0004. OSHA believes an extension of 30 days is reasonable. 
Therefore, to allow commenters adequate time to prepare complete and 
accurate comments on the proposed rule, OSHA is, with this notice, 
extending the deadline for submitting comments in response to the 
proposed rule to October 28, 2015.

II. Authority and Signature

    David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, authorized the 
preparation of this notice pursuant to 29 U.S.C. 657, 673; 5 U.S.C. 
553; and Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912; January 25, 
2012), and 29 CFR 1911.

    Signed at Washington, DC, on September 21, 2015.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.
[FR Doc. 2015-24319 Filed 9-24-15; 8:45 am]
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