Summary of work-related injuries and illnesses

Form 300A is the summary of work-related injuries and illnesses. This is... 

OSHA Form 300A—Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses. This form contains a summary of your company s annual illnesses and injuries, and it must be posted each year for your employees to see. A company executive must certify its accuracy. 

The Safety Department will complete and maintain occupational injury and illness records. The OSHA 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report, or equivalent, must be completed within 7 days of the occurrence of an injury at the worksite and the OSHA 301 must be retained for 5 years. Also, the OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses must be completed within 7 days when a recordable injury or illness occurs, and maintained for 5 years. The OSHA 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses must be posted yearly from February 1 to April 30. 

Is the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (OSHA Form 300A) posted during the months... 

Prepare the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses OSHA form 300A, post it no later than February 1, and keep it posted where employees can see it until April 30 of each year as well as provide copies as required or requested. 

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. 

OSHA 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses... 

The OSHA 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses is used to post the annual summary totals of injuries and illnesses. At the end of the calendar year, review your 300 Log to verify that the entries are complete and accurate, and correct any deficiencies identified. 

The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300) is used to classify work-related injuries and illnesses and to note the extent and severity of each case. When an incident occurs, use the Log to record specific details about what happened and how it happened. The Summary — a separate form (Form 300A) — shows the totals for the year in each category. At the end of the year, post the Summary in a visible location so that your employees are aware of the injuries and illnesses occurring in their workplace. 

This Iryury and Ulmss Incident Report is one of the first forms you must fill out when a recordable work-related iiyury or illness has occurred. Together with the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and the accompanying Summary, these forms help the employer and OSHA develop a picture of the extent and severity of work-related incidents. 

Q. Under 1904.35(b)(2), employees, former employees, their personal representatives, and their authorized employee representatives have the right to access the OSHA 300 Log and the OSHA 300A Summary. Does this apply to all or just some of the OSHA ipjury and illness records, specifically the OSHA 300A, the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Hlnesses ... 

Because of both the historic and contemporary importance of the BLS Annual Surveys of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, with respect to understanding the safety and health status of U.S. semiconductor workers, a summary discussion of this program is in order. 

Employee injuries or illnesses that arise out of and in the course of employment are usually considered compensable. These definition phrases have expanded such injuries and illnesses beyond the four corners of the workplace, to include work-related injuries and illnesses incurred on the highways, at various in- and out-of-town locations, and other such remote locales. These two concepts, arising out of the employment and in the course of the employment, are the basic burdens of proof for the injured employee. Most states require both. The safety and health professional is strongly advised to review the case law in his or her state to see the expansive scope of these two phrases. That is, the injury or illness must arise out of i.e., there must be a causal connection between the work and the injury or illness, and it must be in the course of the employment this relates to the time, place, and circumstances of the accident in relation to the employment (see selected case summary). The key issue is a work connection between the employment and the injury or illness. ... 

My first study of the magnitude of the occupational health exposure was made over 25 years ago. I found that occupational illness cases represented about 5% of the total injuries and illnesses in the summaries I reviewed. That percentage has not changed much over the years. Yet, proponents in the occupational health field continue to say, Each day an average of 137 individuals die from work-related diseases (National Occupational Research Agenda, 1996). That works out to 50,005 deaths per year. That s absurd. 

Safety performance Experience Modification Rating (EMR) Recordable injury/illness information (e.g., OSHA 300A summaries) Number of hours worked number of OSHA-recordable injuries/illnesses number of fatalities number of lost workday (LWD) cases Recordable or LWD incidence rates (no. recordable or LWD cases x 200,000/ employee hours worked) List of OSHA notices of violation and fines Safety/health-related judgments, claims, contract terminations, or pending/ outstanding lawsuits... 

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