Compliance Stuff

This three-part series on OSHA recordkeeping and reporting provides tips for employers on maintaining compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. Part I  covered the foundational aspects of determining recordability, including the use of OSHA Forms 300, 301, and 300A, and the criteria for recording work-related injuries and illnesses. Part II  offered a step-by-step walkthrough for completing these forms accurately. Part III, our final installment, which follows below, details the reporting responsibilities for severe incidents such as fatalities, in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and the loss of an eye, emphasizing the importance of timely and accurate reporting. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to report any work‑related fatality within eight hours of learning of the death and to report any in‑patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye within twenty‑four hours of lea...

This three-part series on OSHA recordkeeping and reporting provides tips for employers on maintaining compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. Part I  covered the foundational aspects of determining recordability, including the use of OSHA Forms 300, 301, and 300A, and the criteria for recording work-related injuries and illnesses. Part II, which follows below, offers a step-by-step walkthrough for completing these forms accurately. Part III details the reporting responsibilities for severe incidents such as fatalities, in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, and loss of an eye, emphasizing the importance of timely and accurate reporting. The OSHA Form 301 Incident Report captures the who, what, where, when, and how for each recordable case. Employers typically assemble the required information from supervisor reports, employee statements, timekeeping records, medical work‑status notes, workers’ compensation first reports of injury, equip...

  Pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA)   electronic reporting regulation , covered employers must submit their OSHA injury and illness records (OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301) using OSHA’s electronic   Injury Tracking Application   by March 2, 2025. With the reporting deadline quickly approaching, employers should determine whether they must submit an electronic report, and if so, how to navigate the ITA system. What is OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application? Launched in January 2024, OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) is on online portal that allows covered employers to submit their OSHA injury and illness records (OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301) electronically each year. New ITA users will be required to create an account and complete an establishment profile before submitting the required records. Employers who reported via the ITA last year may use their existing account and establishment profile. However, returning employers sh...