In an earlier post, we explained how you can determine if an injury or illness is “work-related” and “recordable.” In this post, we’ll explain one of the first steps to take if you do have a work-related, recordable injury or illness at the workplace: complete OSHA’s Form 301, Injury and Illness Report. If you want to get […]
In earlier posts, we’ve described how to determine if an injury or illness at the workplace is work-related and recordable, and, if so, how to complete OSHA’s Form 301, Injury and Illness Incident Report. If you want to review those issues, click the links below: Work-Related and Recordable Illnesses and Injuries OSHA’s Form 301: Injury […]
In earlier posts, we’ve described how to determine if an injury or illness at the workplace is work-related and recordable, and, if it is, how to complete OSHA’s Form 301, Injury and Illness Incident Report, and OSHA’s Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. If you want to review those issues, click the links […]
Did you know that OSHA has specific requirements for establishments to keep records of workplace injuries and illnesses and to report those on OSHA’s new online incident reporting website? If not, now’s a good time to lift the veil and find out more about all this. So in this post, we’ll take a look at: […]
I recently finished reading the book Pre-Accident Investigations: An Introduction to Organizational Safety by Dr. Todd Conklin. It’s a great introduction to Human and Organizational Performance, also known as HOP. HOP is a systems-based approached originated with safety thought leaders like Conklin, Sidney Dekker, and James Reason. It has been adopted by General Electric and other […]
The OSHA Form 300A is a summary of work-related injuries and illnesses that occur at a workplace establishment within a given year. In this article, we’ll give you five quick tips of what to do with the OSHA Form 300A. If you’d like to learn even more, download our FREE GUIDE TO OSHA REPORTING & […]
Please note: OSHA has pushed back this deadline once again. According to OSHA, “OSHA will continue accepting 2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) until midnight on December 31, 2017. OSHA will not take enforcement action against those employers who submit their reports after the December 15, 2017, deadline but before December 31, […]
You work hard on your safety & health/EHS program at work. You give it a lot of thought, you spend a lot of time on it, and you care a lot about it (and about the people and environment it’s intended to protect). But how do you know if what you’re doing is effective? How […]
If you’re new to the safety profession, or even if you’ve been around a while, you may have a few questions about the US Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). We may not have ALL the answers for you here, but we think we’ve got a lot of the common OSHA FAQs along with helpful […]
Hey, friends, we’ve got two reminders for you of upcoming OSHA deadlines, both having to do with injury & illness recordkeeping/reporting/submission. The first is about the OSHA Forms 300 and 300A, and the second is about OSHA’s still-somewhat-new online submission system. Read more below. And feel free to download our FREE GUIDE TO OSHA REPORTING […]
[Since we originally published this article, OSHA delayed the submission deadline, established an automated notification system on March 17 to inform people about current status of online reporting, and sent out its first automated notification on May 24….scroll down a few paragraphs to the italic and bold text to learn about the automated notification system […]
OSHA’s been busy making changes to the requirements for injury and illness record keeping and reporting. In this post, we’re going to give you a screen-by-screen overview of a mock-up that OSHA created for their new injury and illness online reporting website. If you’re in a hurry, scroll down until you see the first screen […]