For Who?

• Category 1: Establishments with 250 or more employees at any time in the previous calendar year including full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal employees.
• Category 2: Establishments in a designated industry (includes construction) with more than 20 employees at any time in the previous calendar year including full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal employees.
• Category 3: Establishments with less than 20 employees at any time in the previous calendar year including full-time, part-time, and seasonal employees.

What's the Rule?

• The final rule requires employers (as specified) to record and submit workplace injury and illness records electronically.
  • Category 1
    • Form 300: Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
      • Omit employee name
    • Form 300A: Summary of Work- Related Injuries and Illnesses 
    • Form 301: Injuries and Illnesses Incident Report
      • Omit employee name, employee address, the name of the physician or provider and the facility name of treatment.
  • Category 2
    • Form 300A: Summary of Work- Related Injuries and Illnesses 
  • Category 3
    • No electronic reporting is required.

When is it Effective? Updated 06/27/2017

• January 1, 2017 – The final rule is effective
• August 1, 2017 - Electronic reporting platform becomes available
• December 1, 2017 – Electronic submission deadline of 2016 data
• ​July 1, 2018 – Electronic submission deadline of 2017 data
• March 2, 2019 – Electronic submission deadline of 2018 data.
• Electronic submissions for each subsequent year will be required by March 2 of the year after the calendar year covered by the forms.

UPDATE Where are Records Submitted?

• OSHA has provided the Injury Tracking Application (ITA), a secure website that offers three options for data submission.
  • Manual entry in web form.
  • Upload a csv file to process single or multiple establishment simultaneously.
  • Transmit data electronically via an API (application programming interface).
• Click here to access csv instructions, templates, and samples; API technical specifications; ITA Job Aids; and frequently asked questions.
• Click here to launch ITA and begin electronic reporting.

Why?

• To encourage employers to increase their efforts to prevent work injuries and illnesses. 
• To enable researchers to examine data to help employers make their workplaces safer.