This is a reminder that beginning February 1, employers who are not exempt from this requirement must post OSHA Form 300A, which is a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in the preceding year.
This is a reminder that beginning February 1, employers who are not exempt from this requirement (see the list below) must post OSHA Form 300A, which is a summary of the total number of job-related injuries and illnesses that occurred in the preceding year. Employers must also provide information about the annual average number of employees and total hours worked during the calendar year to assist in calculating incidence rates.
The 300A Summary must be posted from February 1 through April 30, 2007, in the area normally used by employers to post employee notices. Employers must make a copy of the summary available to employees who move from worksite to worksite, such as construction workers, and employees who do not report to any fixed establishment on a regular basis.
A company executive should sign or certify the Summary and complete each line, including the "total" line of the Summary posting "zeros" wherever necessary. Even companies who had no recordable injuries or illnesses in 2006 must post the form with zeros in the total line.
Employers should not post the OSHA 300 Log as it contains confidential medical information.
Employers are exempt from this requirement if they employ ten or fewer employees. Additionally, employers in the industry groups listed below are normally exempt from federal OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping and posting requirements (this list was taken from OSHA's web site, http://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/ppt1/RK1exempttable.html). A few otherwise exempt employers must maintain records if they are selected to participate in the Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. They will be notified in advance and supplied with the necessary forms and instructions.
Airline employers must record and post all injuries and illnesses for all employees; however, they are not required to either record or post injuries or illnesses of flight crews (airline pilots, engineers, flight attendants) while these employees are in an aircraft performing their job duties. If a flight crew member is injured outside the aircraft, and the injury is work-related and not subject to an exception, the airline employer must record and post these injuries.
Note that all employers, even if otherwise exempt because of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any workplace injury that results in a fatality or the hospitalization of three or more employees.
List of Partially Exempt Industries
|
SIC Code |
Industry Description |
SIC Code |
Industry Description |
|
525 |
Hardware Stores |
725 |
Shoe Repair and Shoeshine Parlors |
|
542 |
Meat and Fish Markets |
726 |
Funeral Service and Crematories |
|
544 |
Candy, Nut, and Confectionery Stores |
729 |
Miscellaneous Personal Services |
|
545 |
Dairy Products Stores |
731 |
Advertising Services |
|
546 |
Retail Bakeries |
732 |
Credit Reporting and Collection Services |
|
549 |
Miscellaneous Food Stores |
733 |
Mailing, Reproduction, & Stenographic Services |
|
551 |
New and Used Car Dealers |
737 |
Computer and Data Processing Services |
|
552 |
Used Car Dealers |
738 |
Miscellaneous Business Services |
|
554 |
Gasoline Service Stations |
764 |
Reupholstery and Furniture Repair |
|
557 |
Motorcycle Dealers |
78 |
Motion Picture |
|
56 |
Apparel and Accessory Stores |
791 |
Dance Studios, Schools, and Halls |
|
573 |
Radio, Television, & Computer Stores |
792 |
Producers, Orchestras, Entertainers |
|
58 |
Eating and Drinking Places |
793 |
Bowling Centers |
|
591 |
Drug Stores and Proprietary Stores |
801 |
Offices & Clinics Of Medical Doctors |
|
592 |
Liquor Stores |
802 |
Offices and Clinics Of Dentists |
|
594 |
Miscellaneous Shopping Goods Stores |
803 |
Offices Of Osteopathic Physicians |
|
599 |
Retail Stores, Not Elsewhere Classified |
804 |
Offices Of Other Health Practitioners |
|
60 |
Depository Institutions (banks & savings institutions) |
807 |
Medical and Dental Laboratories |
|
61 |
Nondepository Institutions (credit institutions) |
809 |
Health and Allied Services, Not Elsewhere Classified |
|
62 |
Security and Commodity Brokers |
81 |
Legal Services |
|
63 |
Insurance Carriers |
82 |
Educational Services (schools, colleges, universities and libraries) |
|
64 |
Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Services |
832 |
Individual and Family Services |
|
653 |
Real Estate Agents and Managers |
835 |
Child Day Care Services |
|
654 |
Title Abstract Offices |
839 |
Social Services, Not Elsewhere Classified |
|
67 |
Holding and Other Investment Offices |
841 |
Museums and Art Galleries |
|
722 |
Photographic Studios, Portrait |
86 |
Membership Organizations |
|
723 |
Beauty Shops |
87 |
Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, and Related Services |
|
724 |
Barber Shops |
899 |
Services, not elsewhere classified |
If you have questions regarding this issue or other OSHA-related issues, please contact the Ford & Harrison attorney with whom you usually work or Pedro Forment, pforment@fordharrison.com, (305) 808-2104.