OSHA announced last week that most companies (with 20 or more employees) will be required to electronically submit their OSHA 300A summary report of work-related injuries & illnesses to OSHA beginning in 2017. The first report due will include your company data from 2016.
The really significant thing about this new requirement is that OSHA says they will make some of the data available to the public. OSHA feels that public disclosure will help "nudge" employers with in-effective or non-existent safety programs to become more focused on safety. For more details on this program follow this link: Questions & Answers on Injury Tracking Changes
This new reporting program will be phased in as follows:
| 2017 | Companies (with the listed NAICS codes & 20 or more employees) must submit OSHA 300A form data (from 2016) by July 1, 2017. |
| 2018 | Companies with 20-249 employees submit OSHA 300A form data by July 1, 2018. Companies with 250 or more employees submit 300 log, 300A summary, & 301 incident reports by July 1 2018. |
| 2019 | Companies must submit their data by March 2 each year. |
