By March 2, 2019, the following establishments - if currently required to comply with OSHA's recordkeeping requirements - are required to electronically submit data from their 2018 Forms 300A to OSHA:
The following are helpful FAQs on this electronic recordkeeping requirement.
Companies with more than 10 employees at any time during the last calendar year must keep complete OSHA Forms 300, 301, and 300A annually unless they are classified as a partially exempt industry. Notable partially exempt industries include:
Click here for a list of partially exempted industries, arranged by North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code.
An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. For activities where employees do not work at a single physical location - such as construction, transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitation activities- the establishment is represented by a main or branch office, terminal, or station that either supervises such activities or is the base from which personnel carry out these activities.
Normally, one business location has only one establishment. Under limited conditions, the employer may consider two or more separate businesses that share a single location to be separate establishments. However, an employer may divide one location into two or more establishments only when:
In addition, an establishment can include more than one physical location only if:
For example, one manufacturing establishment might include the main plant, a warehouse a few blocks away, and an administrative services building across the street.
Each individual employed in the establishment at any time during the calendar year counts as one employee, including full-time, part-time, seasonal, and temporary workers.
OSHA Form 300A is an end-of-year form that summarizes:
Information must be submitted via OSHA's online Injury Tracking Application (ITA).
The following information from an establishment's 2018 Form 300A is required by the ITA:
Yes.
This blog post is not intended to be exhaustive nor should any discussions or opinions be construed as legal advice - it is intended for educational and/or informational purposes only.
Source: hr360