Worksite Reporting Act

Bill: 116-hr-2872
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Introduced: 2019-05-21
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

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Department of Labor

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Labor standards

Worker safety and health
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Worksite Reporting Act</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Labor to revise regulations governing the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses. Specifically, the bill requires site-controlling employers to keep a site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all employees on the particular site, irrespective of whether such employees are employed directly by the site-controlling employer or are employed by contractors, temporary help, or employee leasing services. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2872 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2019 Ms. Garcia of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To direct the Secretary of Labor to revise regulations concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Worksite Reporting Act . 2. Recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall revise the regulations in part 1904 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, concerning the recording and reporting of occupational injuries and illnesses under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 ( 29 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), to require site-controlling employers to keep a site log for all recordable injuries and illnesses occurring among all employees on the particular site, whether such employees are employed directly by the site-controlling employer or are employed by contractors or temporary help or employee leasing services. (b) Definition As used in this section, the term site-controlling employer means the employer that has primary control over the work on a particular work site and supervises the employees on a day-to-day basis on a particular work site.