It’s time to complete your OSHA 300A Summary form of work-related injuries and illnesses for 2020. You will need your OSHA 300 log from 2020, the average number of employees during 2020, the business SIC or NAICS code, and the cumulative number of manhours worked by employees during 2020. The form needs to be signed by the owner or highest ranking company official working at the site.

Who needs to do this? If your company had 10 or more employees some time during the past year (and is not part of the government), you need to do this

Check the OSHA 300 log entries prior to adding numbers for the OSHA 300A summary form. This is now more important than in the past because if your company has 20 or more employees, and has any sort of industrial activities, you will be required to upload your 300A data through an on-line process to OSHA (by March 2, 2021).

Note: COVID adds a new twist for the 2020 OSHA log: Be sure to read the previous blog on determining whether a COVID case goes on your OSHA log.

Checking your 300 log entries:
Make sure each entry line is complete and the entered text is in the proper columns. If there are entries that involved only very basic first-aid and return to work, they may not be considered “OSHA Recordable”.  Any entry that did not involve a death, lost time from work, restricted work, job transfer, amputation, stitches, or a medicine prescription likely should not be included in the data transferred to the 300A summary.

The OSHA 300A summary needs to be posted in the workplace for all of February, March, and April. However, most companies leave it posted until the summary for the next year is posted.