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Reporting incidents to OSHA

. OSHA recordable occurs after trips to the ER or other medical offices for immediate attention of an injury. It can also occur after a worker misses 2 consecutive shifts due to a single injury.

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OSHA Reporting For 2019 Is Due Feb. 1, 2020

It’s that time of year again, time to post your OSHA Form 300A for 2019 on your Jobsite by February 1, 2020. Depending on the size of your company or the industry, you may be required to post a summary of your employee injuries at your worksite between February 1st and April 30th. No worries; that’s why we built our OSHA REPORTING GUIDE FOR 2020.

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 2020 and share it with HR & or Safety Compliance.

Electronic Reporting:

OSHA requires that all organizations submit their injury and illness data for 2019 electronically by March 2, 2020. You can submit records electronically through the Injury Tracking Application available here.

 

 

F.A.Q.s – CLICK HERE TO VIEW OSHA’s FULL LIST OF F.A.Qs

What is a recordable incident? 

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What is a reportable incident?

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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.

 

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OSHA Reporting Guide for 2018

REMINDER ; it’s that time of year again. Certain companies by virtue of their size and or their industries are required to post a summary of their injuries at their worksite between February 1st and April 30th. No worries; that’s why we built our OSHA REPORTING GUIDE FOR 2018. The form to be 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 if they request such from your company. 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 a deeper dive by OSHA if they swing by and ask for evidence of your compliance. Need help? Download our updated OSHA Reporting Guide for 2018 and share it with HR & or Safety Compliance. 

UPDATE ON THE ELECTRONIC REPORTING REQUIREMENT: 

OSHA is really trying hard to get folks to begin to upload their OSHA incidents into their new system called “Injury Tracking System” of ITA. They have moved the implementation date back several times. The “new” date for compliance for some companies will be July 1st, 2018 to submit their  data 300A ; March 2nd 2019 thereafter.  For a complete list of exempted organizations CLICK HERE. Please note 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).

If you are located in the following states you are currently exempted from the electronic reporting requirements. Please Note that the following OSHA-approved State Plans have not yet adopted the requirement to submit injury and illness reports electronically: CA, MD, MN, SC, UT, WA and WY. Businesses in these states are not currently required to submit their summary data through the ITA. Similarly, state and local government establishments in IL, ME, NJ, and NY are not currently required to submit their data through the ITA. Contact information for each of the State Plans can be found at https://www.osha.gov/dcsp/osp/states.html.