Business Survival Tip - Annual OSHA Posting Requirement

Carl reminds you of the requirements for the annual posting of OSHA incidents.

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Carl Kleimann
Episode: 027
January 27, 2010

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Are you up-to-date on OSHA’s posting requirements for job-related injuries and illnesses? Carl Kleimann explains OSHA Form 300A.

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Carl: Hello business owners this is Carl Kleimann from Odyssey One Source with another Business Survival Tip. Each year, from February 1st through April 30th, employers are required to post Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Form 300A. This form is a summary of all job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred during the prior calendar year and were posted, in greater detail, on OSHA Form 300. If you have ten or fewer employees, or fall within one of the industries which are normally excused from OSHA recordkeeping requirements, you have no duty to post this information. For a complete list of exempt industries within the retail, services, finance, insurance, and real estate sectors, click here.

The OSHA Form 300A must be posted in an area that is accessible to employees, such as an employee break room. Form 300A must also include information about your annual average number of employees and total hours they worked during the calendar year in order to help OSHA calculate incidence rates. Even if you had no recordable injuries or illnesses during the year, you still must post OSHA Form 300A, listing zeros on the total line. Form 300A must be certified by a company executive.

You can find copies of OSHA Form 300, 300A, along with OSHA's recordkeeping handbook here. And even if you're excused from the recordkeeping requirements, all employers must orally report to the nearest OSHA office, within eight hours, all fatalities and accidents involving the inpatient hospitalization of three or more employees.

I am Carl Kleimann and this has been another Business Survival Tip by Odyssey One Source, ranked as the number one Professional Employer Organization three years running by the Black Book of Outsourcing. For more information on this and other issues affecting employers, please visit www.odysseyonesource.com