Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act
Official title: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to clarify when the time period for the issuance of citations under such Act begins and to require a ru… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to clarify when the time period for the issuance of citations under such Act begins and to require a rule to clarify that an employer's duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses is an ongoing obligation.
Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act
This bill expands the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to cite employers for workplace safety violations and requires OSHA to issue a rule on record keeping related to workplace injuries.
Under current law OSHA may cite employers only during the six-month period following a violation. This bill provides that, for a violation that occurs over a period of time, the six-month period does not begin until the violation has ended.
The bill also requires OSHA to issue a rule on maintaining records of workplace injuries and illnesses. Congress nullified a similar rule on April 3, 2017.
In the rule required by the bill, OSHA must clarify that an employer's duty to make and maintain accurate records
- is an ongoing obligation,
- continues for as long as the employer is required to keep records of the recordable injury or illness (typically five years under current OSHA rules), and
- does not expire solely because the employer fails to create the necessary records when first required to do so.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1180: Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1180/
"H.R. 1180: Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1180/.
H.R. 1180, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1180/.
[H.R. 1180: Accurate Workplace Injury and Illness Records Restoration Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1180/)