OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements:

• Many employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses.
• Forms 300, 300A, 301 and instructions:
  https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/forms
• Full OSHA Recordkeeping regulations (29CFR 1904)
  https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1904
• Certain low risk industries are exempted. These industries are listed in Non-Mandatory Appendix A to Subpart B – Partially Exempt Industries.
  • https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/presentations/exempttable
• All employers, including those partially exempted by reason of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye (see § 1904.39).
• Brief Tutorial on Completing the Recordkeeping Forms (17-minute video).
  • https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/tutorial