Dive Brief:

• Saying it is honoring a request from the National Association of Home Builders, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it will add 30 days to the public comment period for a proposal to make companies submit accident information electronically.
• The agency is holding a public meeting in Washington on Thursday, and now the comment period will go beyond the previously planned Feb. 6 cutoff.
• The proposal would make companies with 250 or more workers submit injury information every three months, and companies that are in certain accident-prone industries and that have between 20 and 249 workers would have to file annually online.

Dive Insight:

Industry groups have argued that the change from paper reporting adds expenses for businesses. Whether OSHA has any plans to amend the proposal or is just granting the NAHB request as a political goodwill gesture remains to be seen.