Read The Top 10 Assumptions Not To Make When Doing Your OSHA 300s
Although underreporting can lead to citation, over-reporting can also get into trouble because it artificially inflates your illness and injury rates. While reporting is a year-round task, recordkeeping typically becomes a higher priority at the end of the year as the annual March 2, OSHA 300A electronic data submission deadline for the preceding year approaches.
What the Recordkeeping Standard Requires
The OSHA recordkeeping and reporting rules are set out in Section 1904 of the Regulation, entitled “Recording and Reporting of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.” One of the hardest parts of OSHA compliance is maintaining proper injury and illness records. This 16-step gameplan helps you comply with the OSHA recordkeeping standards in less time, and with less effort.
Note: The only form you’re required to post is the OSHA 300-A Summary. Posting the actual OSHA 300 logs in not required but likely to plead to citations to the extent the logs contain private information about employee’s injuries and illnesses that you’re required to keep confidential.
Use SafetyNow ILT to understand how OSHA’s extensive recordkeeping and reporting rules affect your business. These rules are designed to help employers recognize workplace hazards and correct hazardous conditions by keeping track of work-related injuries and illness along with their causes.
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Step 1. Figure Out If You Mist Keep Injury/Illness Records (OSHA 300 Logs)
All employers must report workplace incidents resulting in fatalities or hospitalization of three or more employee to OSHA. Do you also have to keep written illness and injury records? Find out by downloading the workplan and following the 16-step guide to ultimate OSHA 300 log compliance.
Step 2. Determine Which Employees You Must Keep OSHA 300 Logs For
You must keep records for all “covered employees,” i.e., all employees on your payroll whether they’re labor, executive, hourly, salary, part-time, seasonal or migrant workers – you are required to maintain reporting on all employees throughout your pay scale. You must also record recordable injuries and illnesses to employee who aren’t on your payroll if you supervise them on a day-to-day basis, which includes temporary employees and leased employees.
Follow through the next 14 steps in the OSHA Recordkeeping Requirements Workplan by downloading your complimentary PDF, which includes the top assumptions when doing your OSHA 300s and expert tips on avoiding the 6 most common OSHA 300A pitfalls.