On and after January 1, 2024, OSHA would require employers with 100 or extra employees in sure high-hazard industries to supply annual info from their Kinds 300 and 301, along with the already required digital submission of Type 300A. Type 300 is the Log of Work-Associated Accidents and Sicknesses, together with the particular accidents or diseases and the worker names. Type 301 is the corresponding Harm and Sickness Incident Report which incorporates extra particulars on every merchandise listed on the 300 Log. Form300A is the corresponding Annual Abstract exhibiting the damage and sickness totals for the 12 months, together with the variety of instances, variety of misplaced workdays, the damage and sickness varieties, the typical variety of staff, and the whole hours staff labored. This Type 300A Annual Abstract have to be routinely submitted by employers with greater than 250 staff on or earlier than March 2 of every 12 months for the prior 12 months.
In line with OSHA, the “Excessive-hazard” institutions embrace, however should not restricted to, manufacturing, grocery shops, agriculture, development, transportation, warehousing and storage, performing arts, and retail. A full listing of the “Excessive-hazard” industries could be present in Appendix B to Subpart E of the Last Rule (29 CFR 1904), which is a extra expansive listing than within the beforehand proposed rule. These necessities apply to institutions lined by Federal OSHA in addition to institutions lined by states with their very own occupational security and well being packages.
It is very important observe that the Last Rule doesn’t add or change an institution’s obligation to finish, retain, and certify damage and sickness information. As an alternative, it requires sure institutions to electronically submit extra info from these information to OSHA over and past the Type 300A. Previous to the implementation of this rule, institutions with 20 to 249 employees in sure high-hazard industries have been required to electronically submit info from their Kinds 300A as soon as per 12 months. Employers with 250 or extra employees, no matter business, have been additionally required to electronically submit info from their Kinds 300A as soon as per 12 months. These necessities stay in impact.
Commenters query the necessity for extra filings like Kinds 300 and 301, citing particular person privateness issues. OSHA notes that institutions should not required to supply sure info on Kinds 300 and 301 beneath § 1904.41(b)(9), together with worker title, deal with, title of doctor, and facility title and deal with if therapy was given away from the worksite. As well as, if Kinds 300 and 301 are collected throughout an inspection and included in an enforcement case file, OSHA will redact figuring out info beneath the Freedom of Info Act (FOIA) exemption if stated information are requested.
With the above privateness protections in place, OSHA expects that the printed establishment-specific, case-specific, damage and sickness knowledge will enhance office security and well being with little hurt to the institutions or staff. It additional anticipates that the extra knowledge will enable the general public to “decide which workplaces in a specific business are the most secure, . . . establish rising damage and sickness traits specifically industries[,]” and “make selections about what corporations and industries they assist and need to work for.” 88 Fed. Reg. 27292 (July 21, 2023).
Institutions with the required variety of staff should submit info from Kinds 300, 300A, and 301 for the earlier calendar 12 months no later than March 2 of the next 12 months. OSHA has created a safe web site, the Harm Monitoring Software (ITA), for the digital submission of this knowledge, together with internet types for direct knowledge entry and directions for different technique of submission. Like submission of the Type 300A, it’s anticipated that the information entry course of is not going to be onerous. Institutions ought to take the time previous to the Last Rule turning into efficient to find out whether or not they’re topic to the Last Rule and be sure that recordkeeping protocols are in place, updated, and correct.
