Although rebutted by many industry organizations, including the National Association of Home Builders, OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) officially launched its online injury and illness reporting at the beginning of August. You may wonder what this means for you and your business. Check out the details below on the rule’s requirements.
- Employers must use an online “Injury Tracking Application” (ITA) to submit information from completed 2016 OSHA Forms.
- There are three options to submit data:
- Manually enter data into an electric web form
- Upload a CSV file
- Utilize an already-implemented API (application programming interface)
- You’ll have to file based on the size of your “establishment” or physical location, not as an entire firm, because OSHA records are historically maintained at each location. Here are a few specific requirements:
- Even if you’re already covered by recordkeeping regulations, you must submit information electronically.
- Companies with 250 or more personnel that are already required to keep OSHA injuries and illness records, as well as those with 20-249 employee in specific industries with a history of high rates of occupational incidents, must submit information online.
- Businesses with 250 or more employees must submit reports from OSHA Forms 300, 300A and 301. Businesses with 20-249 employees must submit Form 300A.
Stay up-to-date on OSHA’s website, as it plans to phase-in additional reporting requirements over the next couple of years, all with the goal in mind to improve the focus of jobsite safety in the construction industry by making injury and illness reports public.
