Must employees have access to OSHA injury and illness records?

Yes, employees, former employees, their personal representatives, and their authorized employee representatives have the right to access the OSHA injury and illness records. The employer must give the requester a copy of the relevant OSHA 300 Log(s) or OSHA 301 Incident Report by the end of the next business day.

When an authorized employee representative asks for copies of the OSHA 301 Incident Reports for an establishment where the agent represents employees under a collective bargaining agreement, the employer must give copies of those forms to the authorized employee representative within seven calendar days. The employer is only required to give the authorized employee representative information from the OSHA 301 Incident Report section titled “Tell us about the case.” All other information must be removed from the copy of the OSHA 301 Incident Report that is given to the authorized employee representative.