The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act requires certain employers to prepare and maintain records of work-related injuries and illnesses. Employers must record work-related injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 Log but post only the 300-A summary no later than February 1 of the year covered by the records and keep the posting in place until April 30.
Employers must record the following work-related injuries and illnesses:
• Death
• Loss of consciousness
• Days away from work
• Restricted work activity or job transfer
• Medical treatment beyond first aid
In addition, employers must also record significant work-related injuries and illnesses that are diagnosed by a physician or licensed health care professional, as well as, work-related injuries and illnesses that meet any of the specific recording criteria outlined in 29CFR Part 1904.8-1904.12. Companies with no injuries and illnesses must record zeros for each column total.
29 CFR Part 1904.32 outlines the Acts basic requirements as specified under the law. At the end of each calendar year employers must do the following:
• Review the OSHA 300 Log to verify that the entries are complete and accurate
• Create an annual 300-A summary of injuries and illnesses recorded on the OSHA 300 Log
• Certify the 300-A summary
• Post the annual 300-A summary
A copy of the annual 300-A summary must be posted in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. The employer must ensure that the posted annual 300-A summary is not altered, defaced or covered by other material.
The annual 300-A summary must be certified by a company executive who has examined the OSHA 300 Log for accuracy. You may ask, “Who is considered a company executive?” OSHA has provided that the company executive who certifies the log must be one of the following:
• An owner of the company (applicable only if the company is a sole proprietorship or partnership)
• An officer of the corporation
• The highest ranking company official working at the establishment, or
• The immediate supervisor of the highest ranking company official working at the establishment
Compliance Poster Company’s Federal OSHA Forms on CD, product number 74305, includes many mandatory safety forms including, but not limited to, the OSHA 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report, OSHA 300-A summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, and the OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.
Keep your company in compliance with the mandatory state and federal labor and safety-related laws. Place your order for the Federal OSHA Forms on CD today and have the 300-A summary posted in the workplace by the February 1 deadline.
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“The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act requires certain employers to prepare and maintain records of work-related injuries and illnesses.”
PLEASE DEFINE WHAT ‘CERTAIN EMPLOYERS’ ARE? HOW DO WE KNOW IF WE ARE ONE?
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Hello Leslie,
For a detailed explanation and list of partially exempt industries please visit the United States Department of Labor, OSHA website at http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/handbook/index.html#1904.1_3
1904.1 and 1904.2 cover both the partially exempt employers and establishments. Employers with 10 or fewer employees and business establishments in certain industry classifications are partially exempt from keeping OSHA injury and illness records.
(1) If your company had ten (10) or fewer employees at all times during the last calendar year, you do not need to keep OSHA injury and illness records unless OSHA or the BLS informs you in writing that you must keep records under Section 1904.41 or Section 1904.42. However, as required by Section 1904.39, all employers covered by the OSH Act must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in a fatality or the hospitalization of three or more employees.
(2) If your company had more than ten (10) employees at any time during the last calendar year, you must keep OSHA injury and illness records unless your establishment is classified as a partially exempt industry under Section 1904.2.
(1) If your business establishment is classified in a specific low hazard retail, service, finance, insurance or real estate industry listed in Appendix A to this Subpart B, you do not need to keep OSHA injury and illness records unless the government asks you to keep the records under Section 1904.41 or Section 1904.42. However, all employers must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in a fatality or the hospitalization of three or more employees (see Section 1904.39).
(2) If one or more of your company’s establishments are classified in a non-exempt industry, you must keep OSHA injury and illness records for all of such establishments unless your company is partially exempted because of size under Section 1904.1.
Again please visit the OSHA website provided above for a comprehensive list of exempt industries.
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A client of mine called and said that the insurance company (me) was the one who could print off an OSHA A FORM??? We have a loss summary, but I have never heard of the insurance company having this OSHA FORM. Is this somthing the insurance company can print off???
Thank You
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Hello,
The OSHA 330 A is the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. All establishments covered by Part 1904 must complete the Summary page, even if no work-related injuries or illnesses occurred during the year. Remember to review the Log to verify that the entries are complete and accurate. The Summary can be downloaded online and printed out. Please visit The US Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration at http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/RKforms.html.
Thank you