Most businesses with 10 or more employees must keep records of serious work-related injuries and illnesses. This OSHA rule is intended to help businesses identify and address occupational hazards.

Under new OSHA rules, however, many businesses will also have to submit their records to OSHA itself, which apparently plans to make them public, at least in some form.

Businesses with 20 or more workers must begin submitting OSHA Form 300A starting July 1, 2017. In addition, businesses with 250 or more workers must begin submitting OSHA Forms 300 and 301 starting July 1, 2018. Starting in 2019, all information must be submitted by March 2.

OSHA says the availability of this information will help employers to benchmark their own safety performance against other companies in their industry, and help employees and job seekers to identify workplaces with a lower risk of injury and illness.