CLOSER LOOK @ OSHA Injury & Illness Recordkeeping
January 22, 2025– 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Safety Council’s Classroom
5500 South Marginal Road, Cleveland, 44103
$59 per person
As part of the follow-up to January’s Safety Council luncheon, which will be about OSHA Recordkeeping, January’s Closer Look, will do just that as additional details and handouts will be shared with attendees. Recordkeeping is a critical part of an employer’s safety and health efforts for several reasons:
· Keeping track of work related injuries and illnesses can help you prevent them in the future.
· Using injury and illness data helps identify problem areas. The more you know, the better you can identify and correct hazardous workplace conditions.
· You can better administer company safety and health programs with accurate records.
· As employee awareness about injuries, illnesses and hazards in the workplace improves, workers are more likely to follow safe work practices and report workplace hazards.
· OSHA uses this data to properly identify and focus on injuries and illnesses in a particular area. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) also uses your data for their annual survey of occupational injuries and illnesses that show safety and health trends nationwide and industry wide.
OSHA has imposed significant fines for recordkeeping violations. One significant fine proposed for almost $200,000 was for:
· Instances where injuries or illnesses were not recorded in the OSHA 300 illness and injury log.
· Injuries and illnesses were not recorded in the log within the required timeframe (7 days)
· Incomplete annual illness and injury summaries were certified as being complete.
Course Objectives:
Understand the 5-step process of OSHA’ injury & Illness recordkeeping with a focus on what is considered a recordable incident and completion of the OSHA 300 log.
Understand OSHA’s definition of medical, first aid treatment and restricted work.
Understand the definition of work relationship, limiting the recordkeeping of pre-existing cases and new exemptions for some categories of injury and illness.
Understand the management requirements for signing the OSHA 300 log including that the highest ranking official working at the facility must certify that they have examined and understand the 300 log.
Understand employee’s involvement in the recordkeeping process.
Who Should Attend?
EH&S professionals, supervisors or administrators of your companies safety metrics.
This class will count as a meeting credit for the BWC’s Safety Council Rebate Program.