The advocacy organization Public Citizen is suing the Trump administration, claiming the Department of Labor (DOL) and OSHA are illegally withholding records about workplace injuries and illnesses.

Under OSHA’s electronic injury and illness record-keeping rule, which was finalized in May 2016, employers with 250 or more employees and employers in some high-risk industries with 20 or more workers were required to electrically submit their 2016 300A summary report to OSHA by December 31, 2017.  The rule provides that OSHA will make the data public to encourage employers to prevent injuries and illnesses and to advance research into workplace safety. Now, though, states Public Citizen in a press release, “OSHA is trying to weaken the rule by eliminating some of its provisions, and OSHA has not made the summary injury and illness data public.”

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