From February 1 to April 30, each company work site may be required to post a completed OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.
OSHA Form 300A is a simple one-page summary that shows the number of injuries that occurred at that workplace during the previous calendar year.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires posting the report in a location that is easily and frequently seen by employees. This workplace injury information is unique to each worksite. Therefore, each company worksite must complete and post the OSHA Form 300A.
You only need to post the 300A one-page summary for public viewing. The remaining pages of the packet will be utilized by the worksite employer during the remainder of the year to keep up-to-date records of on-the-job injuries.
Certain industries and companies with less than 10 employees may be exempt from the OSHA 300A posting requirement.
A list of exempt industries can be found at osha.gov. Please note that the list of exempt industries narrowed on January 1, 2015 when OSHA updated its recordkeeping requirements. Your company may now be responsible for complying with this regulation, even if it was exempt in the past.
Even if your company’s industry meets the criteria for exemption from the posting requirement, the worksite itself will not be exempt if it experienced a recordable, work-related injury during the previous calendar year.
Clients may contact Nextep’s risk department for help determining whether your company is exempt from posting the OSHA 300A summary.
Each company worksite has the option to also maintain ongoing records of work-related injuries using the remainder of the packet. The OSHA packet includes Form 300, in which injuries are listed on an ongoing log, and Form 301, which details the specific nature of each individual injury. These forms will not be submitted to OSHA unless specifically requested. Read our post for more information about maintaining OSHA records through out the year.
The OSHA 300A summary must be kept at your worksite for at least five years following the year it summarizes.
