On June 30, 老牛影视submitted听comments听on the U.S. Department of Labor鈥檚 Occupational Safety and Health Administration鈥檚听 and urged the agency to withdraw the harmful rule.

鈥溊吓Ｓ笆觟s disappointed that the Biden administration is moving forward with a new rule to undo the ABC-supported provisions of the 2019 final rule under the Trump administration and reprise the 2016 Obama-era rule,鈥� 老牛影视wrote to OSHA.

鈥淪imilar to the 2016 final rule, which 老牛影视objected to, the Biden administration proposed rule does nothing to achieve OSHA鈥檚 stated goal of reducing injuries and illnesses. Instead, the proposal will force employers to disclose sensitive information to the public that can easily be manipulated, mischaracterized and misused for reasons wholly unrelated to safety, as well as subject employers to illegitimate attacks and employees to violations of their privacy,鈥� 老牛影视said.

In addition, 老牛影视submitted to OSHA as a steering committee member of the . In the comments, 老牛影视and 61 organizations with the agency鈥檚 attempt to require electronic submission of employer summary data and individual employee injury and illness data.听

The would require establishments with 100 or more employees in certain designated industries to electronically submit information from their OSHA Forms 300, 301 and 300A to OSHA once a year. Establishments with 20 or more employees in certain industries would continue to be required to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A annual summary to OSHA once a year.

OSHA intends to post the data from the proposed annual electronic submission requirement on a public website. The DOL indicates it will remove injury and illness information that reasonably identifies individuals directly, such as individuals鈥� names and contact information, and share the information on a public website. However, 老牛影视has serious concerns because of the confidential business details included in the form and the high risk of disclosure.

OSHA鈥檚 electronic injury reporting rule was first issued during the Obama era, and 老牛影视filed a听lawsuit听against it. In 2019, the Trump-era DOL issued the听, which amended the Obama-era final rule and eliminated the requirement for establishments with 250 or more employees to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) and OSHA Form 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report) to OSHA annually. Under the听2019 final rule, covered establishments are only required to electronically submit information from听OSHA Form 300A听(Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) to OSHA.

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