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Employers Must Post Illness
and Injury Summaries Beginning February 1st
The Occupational Safety and
Health Administration has reminded employers that beginning February
1, they must post a summary of the total number of job-related
injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2006. Employers are
only required to post OSHA Form 300A (summary), not the OSHA
300 log. The summary must be posted from February 1 to April
30, 2007.
"This is an excellent
time for employers to review their 300 logs and determine where
injuries and illnesses are occurring and determine a strategy
to reduce and hopefully eliminate these safety and health hazards,"
said OSHA Administrator Ed Foulke.
The summary must list the
total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred
in 2006 and were logged on the OSHA 300 form. Information about
the annual average number of employees and total hours worked
during the calendar year is also required to assist in calculating
incidence rates. Companies with no recordable injuries or illnesses
in 2006 must post the form with zeroes on the total line. All
summaries must be certified by a company executive.
The form is to be displayed
in a common area wherever notices to employees are usually posted.
A copy of the summary must be made available to employees who
move from worksite to worksite, such as construction employees
and employees who do not report to any fixed establishment on
a regular basis.
Employers with ten or fewer
employees and employers in certain industry groups are normally
exempt from federal OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and
posting requirements. A complete list of exempt industries in
the retail, services, finance and real estate sectors is posted
on the OSHA Web site.
Exempted employers may still
be selected by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics
to participate in an annual statistical survey. All employers
covered by OSHA need to comply with safety and health standards
and must report verbally within eight hours to the nearest OSHA
office all accidents that result in one or more fatalities or
in the hospitalization of three or more employees.
Download the forms from OSHA
by clicking on this link: 300,
300A, and 301
Source: OSHA News Release 2/1/07
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