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Under the OSHA Recordkeeping regulation, covered employers are required to prepare and maintain records of serious occupational injuries and illnesses, using the OSHA 300 Log. This information is important for employers, workers, and OSHA in evaluating the safety of a workplace, understanding industry hazards, and implementing worker protections to reduce and eliminate hazards.
Employers with more than ten employees and whose establishments are not classified as a partially exempt industry must record work-related injuries and illnesses using OSHA Forms 300, 300A and 301. (Partially exempt industries include establishments in specific low hazard retail, service, finance, insurance or real estate industries and are listed in Appendix A to Subpart B.)
Establishments with 250 or more employees that are required to keep OSHA injury and illness records must electronically submit their 300A data through OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application website.
Establishments with 20 or more employees that are classified in certain industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses must electronically submit data from the OSHA Form 300A.
Establishments with 100 or more employees that are classified in certain industries must electronically submit data from the OSHA 300 Log, 301 Forms, and 300A.
The basic requirements of Part 1904 to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses, include the following: