OSHA Recordkeeping and Report Writing

A policy on reports should include when a report should be written and what should be included in the report. For example  

Occupational safety reports must be completed when  

There is a violation of an occupational safety order or safety rule. 

Furthermore, compliance to OSHA requires that employers with more than ten employees and whose establishments are not classified as a partially exempt industry must record work-related injuries and illnesses using OSHA Forms 300, 300A, and 301. Partially exempt industries include establishments in specific low-hazard industries such as retail, service, finance, insurance, and real estate. 

Employers who are required to keep Form 300, the Injury and Illness log, must post Form 300A, the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, in a workplace every year from February 1 to April 30. Current and former employees, or their representatives, have the right to access injury and illness records. Employers must give the requester a copy of the relevant record(s) by the end of the next business day. 

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