I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2113 
To require the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations requiring employers 
with more than one establishment and not fewer than 500 employees 
to report work-related deaths, injuries, and illnesses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 27, 2009 
Mr. HARE (for himself, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, 
Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
MICHAUD, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. 
SUTTON, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. HOLT, and Mr. BISHOP of New York) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Labor to prescribe regulations 
requiring employers with more than one establishment 
and not fewer than 500 employees to report work-related 
deaths, injuries, and illnesses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Corporate Injury, Ill-
ness, and Fatality Reporting Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. REGULATIONS AND REPORTING. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 12 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, pursuant to section 
8(c) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 
(29 U.S.C. 657(c)), the Secretary of Labor shall prescribe 
regulations requiring large employers, for each establish-
ment of each such employer, to maintain accurate records 
of, and to make periodic and certified reports, not less 
than annually, to the Secretary of Labor on— 
(1) the numbers and rates of work-related 
deaths, injuries, and illnesses (as such terms are de-
fined in section 1904 of title 29 Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act)); and 
(2) compliance data, including— 
(A) the inspection number of each inspec-
tion conducted by the Secretary under section 8 
of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970 (29 U.S.C. 657) or a State pursuant to 
a State plan approved under section 18(c) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 667(c)); 
(B) the opening date of such inspection; 
and 
(C) the total number of violations and any 
citations issued as a result of such violations 
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under such Act by the Secretary or State fol-
lowing such inspection. 
(b) IDENTIFICATION OF EACH ESTABLISHMENT.— 
The regulations described in subsection (a) shall require 
each large employer to identify on all records and re-
ports— 
(1) each establishment of such large employer; 
and 
(2) whether an establishment has been ac-
quired, sold, or transferred since the last report filed 
under subsection (a) by the large employer of such 
establishment. 
(c) REPORTING.—Not later than 6 months after the 
deadline of the submission of the reports described in sub-
section (a), pursuant to section 8(g)(1), the Secretary of 
Labor shall post all such reports on the Department of 
Labor website. 
SEC. 3. ENFORCEMENT. 
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 18(e) of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 
667(e)), the Secretary shall issue citations pursuant to 
section 9 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 658) to any large em-
ployer, including such large employers with establishments 
in States with an approved State plan under section 18(c) 
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