§1903.15(d) Effective January 2, 2018, Federal civil penalty levels are increased to adjust for inflation, as provided by the Inflation Adjustment Act. The updated amounts apply to any Federal civil penalties assessed after January 2, 2018.

§1904.41(c)(1) The initial submission deadline for calendar year 2016 data on Form 300A has been extended until December 15, 2017. The original electronic submission deadline was July 1, 2017. This delay will allow affected entities sufficient time to familiarize themselves with the electronic reporting system, which was not made available until August 1, 2017.

§1926.1427(k) The deadline for employers to ensure that crane operators are certified is extended by one year until November 10, 2018. OSHA is also extending its employer duty to ensure that crane operators are competent to operate a crane safely for the same one-year period.

OSHA's final rule "Clarification of Employer's Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of each Recordable Injury and Illness," published on December 19^th 2016 in 81 FR 91792 and effective on January 18^th 2017, has been removed from the Code of Federal Regulations. Under the Congressional Review Act, Congress has passed, and the President has signed, Public Law 115-21 which invalidates these previously approved regulatory changes.

§1903.15 Civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced in OSHA regulations are adjusted for inflation, as directed by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990, which was subsequently amended by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015 (Inflation Adjustment Act).

§1926.55 (amended) and §1926.1124 (added) Initially effective March 10, 2017, these sections have Federal Register changes in order to further protect workers from occupational exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds. New permissible exposure limits of 0.2 micrograms of beryllium per cubic meter of air (0.2 μg/m³) as an 8-hour time-weighted average and 2.0 μg/m³ as a short-term exposure limit determined over a sampling period of 15 minutes are set. Other provisions such as requirements for exposure assessment, methods for controlling exposure, respiratory protection, personal protective clothing and equipment, housekeeping, medical surveillance, hazard communication, and recordkeeping are included. The new 8-hour TWA PEL represents a ten-fold decrease from the previous PEL.

Additional time is allowed for compliance with the new standards as follows:

→ Change rooms required by paragraph §1926.1124(i) of this standard must be provided by March 11, 2019; and

→ Engineering controls required by paragraph §1926.1124(f) of this standard must be implemented by March 10, 2020.

§§1904.0, 1904.4, 1904.29, 1904.32, 1904.33, 1904.34, 1904.35, and 1904.40 OSHA amended its recordkeeping regulations to clarify that the duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses is an ongoing obligation. These changes do not impose new compliance obligations and do not require employers to make records of any injuries or illnesses for which records are not currently required to be made.

§§1910.132 and 1910.178 were updated effective January 17, 2017. OSHA significantly revised its general industry standards on walking-working surfaces to prevent and reduce workplace slips, trips, and falls, as well as other injuries and fatalities associated with walking-working surface hazards.

1904.41 (revised) and Appendix A to Subpart E of part 1904 (added) Employers with 250 or more employees, or that have between 20 and 250 employees and are in industries classified in Appendix A to Subpart E of 1904, are required to electronically submit OSHA injury and illness data.