It is always unfortunate when an employee is injured or gets sick on the job. Along with taking steps to prevent the incident from happening again, the Occupation Safety and Health Act requires that employers keep records of work-related injuries and illnesses.
Employers with 11 or more employees are required to record all job-related illnesses regardless of severity. A job-related injury is considered recordable if it causes the death of an employee, the need for medical attention, the loss of one or more workday, job transfer, or loss of consciousness.
Recording injuries requires the use of the OSHA Form 300, the OSHA Form 300A, and the OSHA 301. These forms are usually filled out by the supervisor and forwarded to the safety manager. The OSHA Form 300 is the injury and illness log that has a brief description of every recordable illness or injury. The OSHA Form 300A, is a summary of all the recorded injuries and illnesses that have occurred in the last calendar year and must be posted from February to April for employees to see. The OSHA 301 is the record of each separate incident that must be filled out within 7 days of the injury of illness being reported. These records must be kept for 5 years.
Some employers are exempt from keeping such records including employers with fewer than 10 employee. Some industries including finance, retail trades, real estate, insurance, and service industries, may not be required to keep all records.
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