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BREAKING: OSHA Extends Electronic Reporting Deadline to December 31, 2017

Today the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) made a final change to the date by which certain employers are required to electronically submit 2016 Form 300A (Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) information.

 

This deadline is now December 31, 2017 – it had been December 15 previously and December 1 before that.

 

From the OSHA trade release:

[OSHA] will continue accepting 2016 OSHA Form 300A data through the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) until midnight on December 31, 2017. OSHA will not take enforcement action against those employers who submit their reports after the December 15, 2017, deadline but before December 31, 2017, final entry date. Starting January 1, 2018, the ITA will no longer accept the 2016 data.

 

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to ensure these conditions for America’s working men and women by setting and enforcing standards, and providing training, education and assistance. For more information, visit www.osha.gov.

See “U.S. Labor Department’s OSHA Accepting Electronically Submitted Injury, Illness Reports Through December 31” 

 

If you’re one of the many companies or organizations required to maintain OSHA injury and illness records, you should already be aware of the new electronic reporting requirements:

 

•  For the 2016 reporting year, establishments with 250 or more employees who are currently required keep OSHA records will now be required to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A.

 

•  This electronic reporting requirement must also be met by covered establishments in certain industries with 20-249 employees. The list of certain industries includes construction, manufacturing, wholesale trade and dozens more.

 

In 2018, the deadline for electronically submitting 2017 information will be July 1. Covered employers with 250 or more employees will again be required to electronically submit information from the 300A form. In addition, they will also be required to electronically submit information from Forms 300 (Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) and 301 (Injury and Illness Incident Report).

 

Covered establishments in certain industries with 20-249 employees will again only have to electronically submit information from Form 300A.

 

Beginning in 2019 and for every year thereafter, the same above electronic reporting requirements must be met by March 2.

 

OSHA has provided a secure website – osha.gov/injuryreporting – for electronic reporting, which can be done via a web form, uploaded CSV file or automated recordkeeping system.

 

For more information, see “Injury Tracking Application: Electronic Submission of Injury and Illness Records to OSHA.”

 

Contact Saginaw Bay Underwriters to learn about a solution we can provide. It not only makes electronic reporting to OSHA simpler by creating an uploadable CSV file to avoid manual entry, but also:

 

•  Creates workers’ compensation first report of injury

 

•  Tracks dart rate, OSHA incident rate, severity rate and lost time case rate

 

•  Allows you to track “near misses,” so you can avoid future injuries