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Injury Statistics
New Expanded OSHA ITA Reporting due March 2; Uses 2023 OSHA 300 log
Many employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of serious work-related injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 log. OSHA logs need to be maintained for 5 years and OSHA 300A (summary) must be posted from February 1 to April 30 annually. Here are a few basics about OSHA 300......
OSHA Form 300A Posting Starts February 1 and Electronic Submission is due by March 2
Covered employers (having more than 10 employees at any point in 2022) are required to post the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Form 300A (Summary of Injuries) from February 1 through April 30 unless their industry qualifies as an exempt low-risk industry. The employee count is based on the number of employees in the......
When is the Next OSHA ITA Reporting Deadline?
2017 OSHA 300A summary data must be reported to the ITA website by July 1, 2018. But don’t bother setting an annual recurring event in your tasking software … starting in 2019 and every subsequent year, the reporting deadline will be March 2nd. Remember that not every business needs to report OSHA log summaries to......
Alternate OSHA DART Rate Calculation Formula for Small Businesses
We’ve come across a very interesting Interpretation letter published by OSHA, regarding the unfair impact to small companies of using standard injury rate calculations. Traditionally, DART, as well as any other type of OSHA incident rates, are based on a single year’s sum of incidents, multiplied by 200,000 and then divided by th...
How to Submit OSHA 300A Summary Data to ITA
Who Needs to Do This? Establishments with 250 or more employees that are currently required to keep OSHA injury and illness records, and establishments with 20-249 employees that are classified in certain industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses. When Must This Be Done? By December 1, 2017. Go to the......
Florida Discontinues Workers Compensation Claims Database
During the 2017 Legislative Session, HB 1107, a bill relating to public records, created 440.1851, Florida Statutes (F.S.). This statute provides an exemption from public records requirements for personal identifying information filed with the Department of Financial Services and other agencies pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation Law; specifyin...
OSHA Severe Injury Reporting rules
In 2015, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration revised its reporting requirements and mandated increased reporting of severe employee injuries. Employers must report all workplace fatalities within eight (8) hour (preexisting rule). The new requirements state that employers report the hospitalization of a single employee — ra...
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