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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 those listed in Appendix A to 29 CFR 1904 Subpart B.)
All employers, including those partially exempted by reason of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any employee’s fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye.
Establishments with 250 or more employees that are required to keep OSHA injury and illness records must electronically submit their OSHA 300A Annual Summary data to OSHA or OSHA’s designee.
Establishments with 20 to 249 employees that are classified in certain industries listed in Appendix A to Subpart E of 29 CFR 1904 must electronically submit OSHA 300A Annual Summary data.
Establishments with 100 or more employees that are classified in certain industries listed in Appendix B to Subpart E of 29 CFR 1904 must electronically submit data from their OSHA 300 Log, 301 Incident Report Forms, and 300A Annual Summary.
The basic requirements of Part 1904 to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses, include the following: