OSHA 300 Recordkeeping & Reporting
Accurate injury and illness recordkeeping is more than an administrative mandate—it is a vital pillar of workplace safety, risk management, and OSHA compliance. This comprehensive course equips managers, HR personnel, safety professionals, and designated recordkeepers with the technical knowledge required to navigate OSHA 29 CFR Part 1904 regulations confidently. From determining work-relatedness and differentiating medical treatment from first aid to mastering Forms 300, 300A, and 301, this course removes the ambiguity from compliance. Learn how to maintain flawless logs, handle strict severe-injury reporting windows, manage privacy cases, and fulfill annual electronic submission requirements without costly documentation errors.
By: Safety LMS | Format: Online | Duration: 1.5 hour | Certification: 24 Months | Language: EnglishWhat you'll learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
-
Evaluate Work-Relatedness: Apply OSHA criteria to determine if an event, exposure, or pre-existing condition aggravation occurred in the work environment.
-
Determine Case Recordability: Classify incidents based on medical treatment beyond first aid, days away from work, job transfer, restricted work, or loss of consciousness.
-
Manage OSHA Recordkeeping Forms: Correctly log incidents on Form 301 (Injury Incident Report), record ongoing data on Form 300 (Log), and certify Form 300A (Summary) annually.
-
Execute Severe Injury Reporting: Meet strict statutory deadlines to report fatalities within 8 hours and in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, or eye losses within 24 hours.
-
Calculate Day Counts Correctly: Apply cap rules (180-day limits) for restricted work and days away from work without miscounting calendar days.
-
Submit Electronic ITA Data: Determine if your establishment meets industry/size thresholds for mandatory annual electronic data submission.
Description
"Misclassifying an injury or missing a severe incident reporting window can trigger costly OSHA citations and skew your company's safety metrics. Accurate recordkeeping protects your workers, your business reputation, and your bottom line."
Whether you are overseeing EHS compliance across multiple sites or managing your establishment's OSHA log for the first time, this training provides the regulatory clarity, practical templates, and administrative confidence needed to keep your records audit-ready year-round
Course topics
- Recordkeeping Basics
- Who Must Keep Records
- Work-Relatedness
- Recordable Cases
- OSHA Forms
- Days, Classifications, and Updates
- Reporting and Submissions
- Accuracy and Responsibilities
-
Medical vs. First Aid Decision Matrix: Practical guidelines to correctly categorize treatments using OSHA’s mandatory 14-item first-aid exception list.
-
Severe Incident Emergency Clock: Step-by-step breakdown of mandatory notification protocols (8-hour fatality rule and 24-hour hospitalization/amputation/eye-loss rules).
-
Interactive Form 300, 300A, & 301 Suite: Hands-on walkthroughs for logging incidents, calculating day-count caps, completing annual summaries, and posting notices.
-
ITA Electronic Reporting Guide: Compliance steps for submitting annual workplace safety data through OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA).
-
Privacy & Audit Safeguards: Best practices for protecting sensitive worker health information while maintaining fully auditable records.