§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.

§1910.8 OSHA issued a technical amendment that added entries for §§1910.27 and 1910.28 and the corresponding OMB control numbers to the collection of information requirement table.

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.

§1910.1000 (revised) and §1910.1024 (added) In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, entitled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” the effective date of revised §1910.1000 and newly added §1910.1024, published in the Federal Register on January 9, 2017 (82 FR 2470), was further delayed until May 20, 2017.

§§1910.1000 and 1910.1024 In accordance with the Presidential directive as expressed in the memorandum of January 20, 2017, entitled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” the effective date of revised §1910.1000 and new §1910.1024, published in the Federal Register on January 9, 2017 (82 FR 2470), was delayed until March 21, 2017.

§1903.15(d) Civil monetary penalties assessed or enforced in OSHA regulations are adjusted for inflation for 2017.

§1910.1000 (amended) and §1910.1024 (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.

§§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.

§§1910.6, 1910.21, 1910.22, 1910.23, 1910.24, 1910.25, 1910.26, 1910.27, 1910.28, 1910.29, 1910.30, 1910.66, 1910.67, 1910.68, 1910.132, 1910.139, 1910.140, 1910.178, 1910.179, 1910.261, 1910.262, 1910.265, 1910.268, 1910.269, and Subpart I Appendices C and D have all been 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. The final rule includes revised and new provisions addressing fixed ladders, rope descent systems, fall protection systems and criteria (including personal fall protection systems), and training on fall hazards and fall protection systems. Requirements on the design, performance, and use of personal fall protection systems were also added.

1904.41 (revised) and Appendix A to Subpart E of Part 1904 (added) Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulations were amended. Employers in certain industries are required to electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness data that employers are already required to keep under existing OSHA regulations. The frequency and content of these establishment-specific submissions is set out in the final rule and is dependent on the size and industry of the employer. OSHA intends to post the data from these submissions on a publicly accessible Web site. OSHA does not intend to post any information on the Web site that could be used to identify individual employees.