In the workplace, employees may be confronted with a variety of injury and illness cases. When these occur, employees will need to determine or help determine whether or not a case should be recorded on the OSHA 300 Log for their facility. Injury records are kept to help analyze injury causes, identify potential trends, and prevent future occurrences. Failure to properly record an injury or illness may also result in an OSHA violation and citation. Thus, it is extremely important to know and understand the OSHA rules and requirements for recording an injury or illness. This course will review the criteria for recording injuries and illnesses for OSHA purposes.
•Explain the background and purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, recordkeeping regulation
•List the criteria used to determine what makes a case OSHA recordable
•Describe what makes a case work-related or not
•Differentiate between a new case and recurrence of an existing case
•Describe OSHA's recordkeeping and reporting forms for injuries and illnesses (forms 301, 300, and 300A)