Under the electronic reporting rule of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), certain establishments must report information electronically from their OSHA Forms 300, 300A and 301. In addition, OSHA is required to create a website that can be used to submit the required information.
The original deadline for first reports was July 1st, 2017. However, on a recent update to its webpage, OSHA explained it won’t receive reports by July 1st. This is due to lack of readiness. It has also proposed an extended deadline of December 1st, 2017.
Affected establishments expectedly continue to record and report workplace injuries. Monitor these developments until you officially adopt a new reporting date. The fines for not recording or reporting workplace injuries can be substantial. Further there were recent updates to when a workplace injury is directly REPORTABLE to OSHA which means you must pick up the phone and call them to report you had a workplace injury. To understand that bit of nuance a little better we suggest you refer back to a previous article that highlights that significant change to avoid substantial fines and penalties. CLICK HERE to read the 2017 OSHA Reporting Revisions.
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