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06/22/2018
OSHA 300A Filing Deadline July 1st
This is a reminder that if you have until July 1, 2018, to submit electronically OSHA 300A form information for injuries and illnesses that occurred during 2017.
The requirement applies to any printing operation that has or had at any one time last year more than 20 employees. Gary Jones has clarified the employee reporting threshold and if all employees had to be employed full time:
We contacted OSHA and received clarification that the employee threshold of 20 does not have to be based only on full time employees. This means that part time and temporary workers need to be included in the employee count to determine if the threshold is exceeded. For example, if a company had 18 employees and 3 part time employees, they would have a total of 21 employees under the injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting regulation.
This rule applies to all employers that have 250 or more employees and to employers in high-risk industries that have 20-249 employees working in the 2017 year.
In order to accept the data, OSHA created the Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The Web-based form allows employers to electronically submit required injury and illness data from their completed 2016 OSHA Form 300A. The application will be accessible from the ITA webpage. (https://www.osha.gov/injuryreporting/index.html)
The data submission process involves four steps:
- Creating an establishment
- Adding 300A summary data
- Submitting data to OSHA
- Reviewing the confirmation email
The secure website offers three options for data submission. One option will enable users to manually enter data into a web form. Another option will give users the ability to upload a CSV file to process single or multiple establishments at the same time. A third option will allow users of automated recordkeeping systems to transmit data electronically via an application programming interface (API.)
In order to demonstrate that you have met the new reporting requirement, you should keep copies of all of the electronic correspondence from OSHA.
Gary Jones, Assistant Vice President, EHS Affairs
Printing Industries of America
