The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reminds employers that it began collecting 2020 workplace injury data on Jan. 2, 2021.
When are OSHA 300A Reports Due?
All OSHA 300a records must be submitted electronically by March 2, 2021.
Organizations with 250 or more employees are currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records for up to 5 years. OSHA requires that all organizations submit their injury and illness data for 2019 electronically by March 2, 2021. You can submit records electronically through the Injury Tracking Application available here.
The form to used is OSHA Form 300A Summary of Injuries. Current and former employees have the right to request further injury records via the OSHA 300 Report. It’s very important that you true up your OSHA 300 reports for the year then complete the OSHA 300A report and post it on-site or sites. Failure to do so can trigger fines and or an investigation by OSHA. OSHA can swing by and ask for evidence of your compliance at any time. Need help? Download our updated OSHA Reporting Guide for 2021 and share it with HR & or Safety Compliance.
F.A.Q.s – CLICK HERE TO VIEW OSHA’s FULL LIST OF F.A.Qs
What is a recordable incident?
What is a reportable incident?
Do I need to fill out an OSHA 300A log for every location?
You must keep a separate OSHA 300 Log for each establishment that is expected to be in operation for one year or longer.
Do I need to keep OSHA injury and illness records for short-term establishments (i.e., establishments that will exist for less than a year)?
Yes, however, you do not have to keep a separate OSHA 300 Log for each such establishment. You may keep one OSHA 300 Log that covers all of your short-term establishments. You may also include the short-term establishments’ recordable injuries and illnesses on an OSHA 300 Log that covers short-term establishments for individual company divisions or geographic regions.
Some of my employees work at several different locations or do not work at any of my establishments at all. How do I record cases for these employees?
You must link each of your employees with one of your establishments, for recordkeeping purposes. You must record the injury and illness on the OSHA 300 Log of the injured or ill employee’s establishment, or on an OSHA 300 Log that covers that employee’s short-term establishment.
How do I record an injury or illness when an employee of one of my establishments is injured or becomes ill while visiting or working at another of my establishments, or while working away from any of my establishments?
If the injury or illness occurs at one of your establishments, you must record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log of the establishment at which the injury or illness occurred. If the employee is injured or becomes ill and is not at one of your establishments, you must record the case on the OSHA 300 Log at the establishment at which the employee normally works.
