Recordkeeping Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904)

Recordkeeping and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904)

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Recordkeeping Occupational Injuries and Illnesses (29 CFR Part 1904)

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OSHA

Forms for Recording

Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

U.S. Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Dear Employer:
This booklet includes the forms needed for maintaining
occupational injury and illness records for 2004. These new forms have
changed in several important ways from the 2003 recordkeeping forms.
In the December 17, 2002 Federal Register (67 FR 77165-77170),
OSHA announced its decision to add an occupational hearing loss
column to OSHA’s Form 300, Log of Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses. This forms package contains modified Forms 300 and
300A which incorporate the additional column M(5) Hearing Loss.
Employers required to complete the injury and illness forms must begin
to use these forms on January 1, 2004.
In response to public suggestions, OSHA also has made several
changes to the forms package to make the recordkeeping materials
clearer and easier to use:
• On Form 300, we’ve switched the positions of the day count
columns. The days “away from work” column now comes before
the days “on job transfer or restriction.”
• We’ve clarified the formulas for calculating incidence rates.
• We’ve added new recording criteria for occupational hearing loss
to the “Overview” section.
• On Form 300, we’ve made the column heading “Classify the
Case” more prominent to make it clear that employers should
mark only one selection among the four columns offered.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration shares with you
the goal of preventing injuries and illnesses in our nation’s workplaces.
Accurate injury and illness records will help us achieve that goal.
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What’s Inside…
In this package, you’ll find everything you need to complete
OSHA’s Log and the Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
for the next several years. On the following pages, you’ll find:
t An Overview: Recording Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses —
General instructions for filling out the forms in this package
and definitions of terms you should use when you classify
your cases as injuries or illnesses.
t How to Fill Out the Log — An example to guide you in filling
out the Log properly.
t Log of Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses — Several pages of the Log
(but you may make as many copies of
the Log as you need.) Notice that the
Log is separate from the Summary.
t Summary of Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses — Removable Summary pages
for easy posting at the end of the year.
Note that you post the Summary only,
not the Log.
t Worksheet to Help You Fill Out the Summary — A worksheet for
figuring the average number of employees who worked for
your establishment and the total number of hours worked.
t OSHA’s 301: Injury and Illness Incident
Report — A copy of the OSHA 301 to
provide details about the incident. You
may make as many copies as you need or
use an equivalent form.
Take a few minutes to review this package. If you have any
questions, visit us online at www.osha. gov or call your local OSHA office.
We’ll be happy to help you.

An Overview:
Recording Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

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The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 requires certain employers to prepare and maintain records of work-related injuries and illnesses. Use these
definitions when you classify cases on the Log. OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation (see 29 CFR Part 1904) provides more information about the definitions below.

The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
(Form 300) is used to classify work-related
injuries and illnesses and to note the extent
and severity of each case. When an incident
occurs, use the Log to record specific details
about what happened and how it happened.
The Summary — a separate form (Form 300A)
— shows the totals for the year in each
category. At the end of the year, post the
Summary in a visible location so that your
employees are aware of the injuries and
illnesses occurring in their workplace.
Employers must keep a Log for each
establishment or site. If you have more than
one establishment, you must keep a separate
Log and Summary for each physical location that
is expected to be in operation for one year or
longer.
Note that your employees have the right to
review your injury and illness records. For
more information, see 29 Code of Federal
Regulations Part 1904.35, Employee Involvement.
Cases listed on the Log of Work-Related
Injuries and Illnesses are not necessarily eligible
for workers’ compensation or other insurance
benefits. Listing a case on the Log does not
mean that the employer or worker was at fault
or that an OSHA standard was violated.

When is an injury or illness considered
work-related?
An injury or illness is considered
work-related if an event or exposure in the
work environment caused or contributed to the
condition or significantly aggravated a
preexisting condition. Work-relatedness is

presumed for injuries and illnesses resulting
from events or exposures occurring in the
workplace, unless an exception specifically
applies. See 29 CFR Part 1904.5(b)(2) for the
exceptions. The work environment includes
the establishment and other locations where
one or more employees are working or are
present as a condition of their employment.
See 29 CFR Part 1904.5(b)(1).
Which work-related injuries and
illnesses should you record?
Record those work-related injuries and
illnesses that result in:
t death,
t loss of consciousness,
t days away from work,
t restricted work activity or job transfer, or
t medical treatment beyond first aid.
You must also record work-related injuries
and illnesses that are significant (as defined
below) or meet any of the additional criteria
listed below.
You must record any significant workrelated injury or illness that is diagnosed by a
physician or other licensed health care
professional. You must record any work-related
case involving cancer, chronic irreversible
disease, a fractured or cracked bone, or a
punctured eardrum. See 29 CFR 1904.7.

What are the additional criteria?
You must record the following conditions when
they are work-related:
t any needlestick injury or cut from a sharp
object that is contaminated with another
person’s blood or other potentially
infectious material;
t any case requiring an employee to be
medically removed under the requirements
of an OSHA health standard;
t tuberculosis infection as evidenced by a
positive skin test or diagnosis by a physician
or other licensed health care professional
after exposure to a known case of active
tuberculosis.
t an employee's hearing test (audiogram)
reveals 1) that the employee has
experienced a Standard Threshold Shift
(STS) in hearing in one or both ears
(averaged at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz) and
2) the employee's total hearing level is 25
decibels (dB) or more above audiometric
zero ( also averaged at 2000, 3000, and 4000
Hz) in the same ear(s) as the STS.

What do you need to do?
1. Within 7 calendar days after you

receive information about a case,
decide if the case is recordable under
the OSHA recordkeeping
requirements.
2. Determine whether the incident is a

new case or a recurrence of an existing
one.
3. Establish whether the case was work-

related.
4. If the case is recordable, decide which

form you will fill out as the injury and
illness incident report.
You may use OSHA’s 301: Injury and
Illness Incident Report or an equivalent
form. Some state workers compensation, insurance, or other reports may
be acceptable substitutes, as long as
they provide the same information as
the OSHA 301.
How to work with the Log
1. Identify the employee involved unless

it is a privacy concern case as described
below.
2. Identify when and where the case

occurred.
3. Describe the case, as specifically as you

What is medical treatment?

can.
4. Classify the seriousness of the case by

Medical treatment includes managing and
caring for a patient for the purpose of
combating disease or disorder. The following
are not considered medical treatments and are
NOT recordable:
t visits to a doctor or health care professional
solely for observation or counseling;

recording the most serious outcome
associated with the case, with column G
(Death) being the most serious and
column J (Other recordable cases)
being the least serious.
5. Identify whether the case is an injury

or illness. If the case is an injury, check
the injury category. If the case is an
illness, check the appropriate illness
category.

t diagnostic procedures, including
administering prescription medications that
are used solely for diagnostic purposes; and
t any procedure that can be labeled first aid.
(See below for more information about first aid.)

What is first aid?
If the incident required only the following types
of treatment, consider it first aid. Do NOT
record the case if it involves only:
t using non-prescription medications at nonprescription strength;
t administering tetanus immunizations;

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t cleaning, flushing, or soaking wounds on the
skin surface;

t using finger guards;
t using massages;
t drinking fluids to relieve heat stress

How do you decide if the case involved
restricted work?
Restricted work activity occurs when, as the
result of a work-related injury or illness, an
employer or health care professional keeps, or
recommends keeping, an employee from doing
the routine functions of his or her job or from
working the full workday that the employee
would have been scheduled to work before the
injury or illness occurred.

t using wound coverings, such as bandages,
BandAids™, gauze pads, etc., or using
SteriStrips™ or butterfly bandages.

How do you count the number of days
of restricted work activity or the
number of days away from work?

t using hot or cold therapy;

Count the number of calendar days the
employee was on restricted work activity or was
away from work as a result of the recordable
injury or illness. Do not count the day on which
the injury or illness occurred in this number.
Begin counting days from the day after the
incident occurs. If a single injury or illness
involved both days away from work and days of
restricted work activity, enter the total number
of days for each. You may stop counting days of
restricted work activity or days away from work
once the total of either or the combination of
both reaches 180 days.

t using any totally non-rigid means of support,
such as elastic bandages, wraps, non-rigid
back belts, etc.;
t using temporary immobilization devices
while transporting an accident victim
(splints, slings, neck collars, or back boards).
t drilling a fingernail or toenail to relieve
pressure, or draining fluids from blisters;
t using eye patches;
t using simple irrigation or a cotton swab to
remove foreign bodies not embedded in or
adhered to the eye;
t using irrigation, tweezers, cotton swab or
other simple means to remove splinters or
foreign material from areas other than the
eye;

Under what circumstances should you
NOT enter the employee’s name on the
OSHA Form 300?
You must consider the following types of
injuries or illnesses to be privacy concern cases:
t an injury or illness to an intimate body part
or to the reproductive system,
t an injury or illness resulting from a sexual
assault,
t a mental illness,
t a case of HIV infection, hepatitis, or
tuberculosis,
t a needlestick injury or cut from a sharp
object that is contaminated with blood or
other potentially infectious material (see
29 CFR Part 1904.8 for definition), and
t other illnesses, if the employee
independently and voluntarily requests that
his or her name not be entered on the log.
You must not enter the employee’s name on the
OSHA 300 Log for these cases. Instead, enter
“privacy case” in the space normally used for
the employee’s name. You must keep a separate,
confidential list of the case numbers and
employee names for the establishment’s privacy
concern cases so that you can update the cases
and provide information to the government if
asked to do so.
If you have a reasonable basis to believe
that information describing the privacy concern
case may be personally identifiable even though
the employee’s name has been omitted, you may
use discretion in describing the injury or illness
on both the OSHA 300 and 301 forms. You
must enter enough information to identify the
cause of the incident and the general severity of

the injury or illness, but you do not need to
include details of an intimate or private nature.

What if the outcome changes after you
record the case?
If the outcome or extent of an injury or illness
changes after you have recorded the case,
simply draw a line through the original entry or,
if you wish, delete or white-out the original
entry. Then write the new entry where it
belongs. Remember, you need to record the
most serious outcome for each case.

Classifying injuries
An injury is any wound or damage to the body
resulting from an event in the work
environment.
Examples: Cut, puncture, laceration,
abrasion, fracture, bruise, contusion, chipped
tooth, amputation, insect bite, electrocution, or
a thermal, chemical, electrical, or radiation
burn. Sprain and strain injuries to muscles,
joints, and connective tissues are classified as
injuries when they result from a slip, trip, fall or
other similar accidents.

Classifying illnesses
Skin diseases or disorders

Skin diseases or disorders are illnesses involving
the worker’s skin that are caused by work
exposure to chemicals, plants, or other
substances.
Examples: Contact dermatitis, eczema, or
rash caused by primary irritants and sensitizers
or poisonous plants; oil acne; friction blisters,
chrome ulcers; inflammation of the skin.

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Respiratory conditions

Respiratory conditions are illnesses associated
with breathing hazardous biological agents,
chemicals, dust, gases, vapors, or fumes at work.
Examples: Silicosis, asbestosis, pneumonitis,
pharyngitis, rhinitis or acute congestion;
farmer’s lung, beryllium disease, tuberculosis,
occupational asthma, reactive airways
dysfunction syndrome (RADS), chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),
hypersensitivity pneumonitis, toxic inhalation
injury, such as metal fume fever, chronic
obstructive bronchitis, and other
pneumoconioses.
Poisoning

Poisoning includes disorders evidenced by
abnormal concentrations of toxic substances in
blood, other tissues, other bodily fluids, or the
breath that are caused by the ingestion or
absorption of toxic substances into the body.
Examples: Poisoning by lead, mercury,

cadmium, arsenic, or other metals; poisoning by
carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide, or other
gases; poisoning by benzene, benzol, carbon
tetrachloride, or other organic solvents;
poisoning by insecticide sprays, such as
parathion or lead arsenate; poisoning by other
chemicals, such as formaldehyde.
Hearing Loss

Noise-induced hearing loss is defined for
recordkeeping purposes as a change in hearing
threshold relative to the baseline audiogram of
an average of 10 dB or more in either ear at
2000, 3000 and 4000 hertz, and the employee’s
total hearing level is 25 decibels (dB) or more
above audiometric zero (also averaged at 2000,
3000, and 4000 hertz) in the same ear(s).
All other illnesses

All other occupational illnesses.
Examples: Heatstroke, sunstroke, heat
exhaustion, heat stress and other effects of
environmental heat; freezing, frostbite, and
other effects of exposure to low temperatures;
decompression sickness; effects of ionizing
radiation (isotopes, x-rays, radium); effects of
nonionizing radiation (welding flash, ultra-violet
rays, lasers); anthrax; bloodborne pathogenic
diseases, such as AIDS, HIV, hepatitis B or
hepatitis C; brucellosis; malignant or benign

tumors; histoplasmosis; coccidioidomycosis.

When must you post the Summary?
You must post the Summary only — not the
Log — by February 1 of the year following the
year covered by the form and keep it posted
until April 30 of that year.

How long must you keep the Log
and Summary on file?
You must keep the Log and Summary for
5 years following the year to which they
pertain.

Do you have to send these forms to
OSHA at the end of the year?
No. You do not have to send the completed
forms to OSHA unless specifically asked to
do so.

How can we help you?
If you have a question about how to fill out
the Log,

visit us online at www.osha.gov or

call your local OSHA office.

Optional

Calculating Injury and Illness Incidence Rates

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

What is an incidence rate?
An incidence rate is the number of recordable
injuries and illnesses occurring among a given
number of full-time workers (usually 100 fulltime workers) over a given period of time
(usually one year). To evaluate your firm’s
injury and illness experience over time or to
compare your firm’s experience with that of
your industry as a whole, you need to compute
your incidence rate. Because a specific number
of workers and a specific period of time are
involved, these rates can help you identify
problems in your workplace and/or progress
you may have made in preventing workrelated injuries and illnesses.
How do you calculate an incidence
rate?
You can compute an occupational injury and
illness incidence rate for all recordable cases or
for cases that involved days away from work for
your firm quickly and easily. The formula
requires that you follow instructions in
paragraph (a) below for the total recordable
cases or those in paragraph (b) for cases that
involved days away from work, and for both
rates the instructions in paragraph (c).
(a) To find out the total number of recordable
injuries and illnesses that occurred during the year,
count the number of line entries on your
OSHA Form 300, or refer to the OSHA Form
300A and sum the entries for columns (G), (H),
(I), and (J).
(b) To find out the number of injuries and
illnesses that involved days away from work, count
the number of line entries on your OSHA
Form 300 that received a check mark in
column (H), or refer to the entry for column

(H) on the OSHA Form 300A.
(c) The number of hours all employees actually
worked during the year. Refer to OSHA Form
300A and optional worksheet to calculate this
number.
You can compute the incidence rate for all
recordable cases of injuries and illnesses using
the following formula:
Total number of injuries and illnesses X 200,000 ÷
Number of hours worked by all employees = Total
recordable case rate
(The 200,000 figure in the formula represents
the number of hours 100 employees working
40 hours per week, 50 weeks per year would
work, and provides the standard base for
calculating incidence rates.)
You can compute the incidence rate for
recordable cases involving days away from
work, days of restricted work activity or job
transfer (DART) using the following formula:

various classifications (e.g., by industry, by
employer size, etc.). You can obtain these
published data at www.bls.gov/iif or by calling a
BLS Regional Office.

Worksheet

Number of
hours worked
by all employees

Total number of
injuries and illnesses

X 200,000

Total recordable
case rate

(Number of entries in column H + Number of
entries in column I) X 200,000 ÷ Number of hours
worked by all employees = DART incidence rate
You can use the same formula to calculate
incidence rates for other variables such as cases
involving restricted work activity (column (I)
on Form 300A), cases involving skin disorders
(column (M-2) on Form 300A), etc. Just
substitute the appropriate total for these cases,
from Form 300A, into the formula in place of
the total number of injuries and illnesses.

What can I compare my incidence
rate to?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) conducts
a survey of occupational injuries and illnesses
each year and publishes incidence rate data by

Number of
hours worked
by all employees

Number of entries in
Column H + Column I

X 200,000

DART incidence
rate

How to Fill Out the Log

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(E)

(F)
Describe injury or illness, parts of body affected,
and object/substance that directly injured
or made person ill

CHECK ONLY ONE box for each case
based on the most serious outcome for
that case:

Remained at Work

Death

We have given you several copies of the
Log in this package. If you need more than
we provided, you may photocopy and use as
many as you need.
The Summary — a separate form —
shows the work-related injury and illness
totals for the year in each category. At the
end of the year, count the number of
incidents in each category and transfer the
totals from the Log to the Summary. Then
post the Summary in a visible location so that
your employees are aware of injuries and
illnesses occurring in their workplace.

(G)

You don’t post the Log. You post only
the Summary at the end of the year.
Be as specific as possible. You
can use two lines if you need
more room.

Days away Job transfer
from work or restriction

(H)

(I)

Other recordable cases

(J)

Enter the number of
days the injured or
ill worker was:

Away
from
work

(K)

On job
transfer or
restriction

(L)

Check the “Injury” column or
choose one type of illness:

(M)

Hearing loss

(D)

All other
illnesses

(C)

Poisoning

(B)

Anywhere

Respiratory
conditions

(A)

XYZ Company

Injury

You must record information about every work-related death and about every work-related injury or illness that involves loss of consciousness, restricted work activity or job transfer,
days away from work, or medical treatment beyond first aid. You must also record significant work-related injuries and illnesses that are diagnosed by a physician or licensed health
care professional. You must also record work-related injuries and illnesses that meet any of the specific recording criteria listed in 29 CFR Part 1904.8 through 1904.12. Feel free to
use two lines for a single case if you need to. You must complete an Injury and Illness Incident Report (OSHA Form 301) or equivalent form for each injury or illness recorded on this
form. If you’re not sure whether a case is recordable, call your local OSHA office for help.

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If your company has more than one
establishment or site, you must keep
separate records for each physical location
that is expected to remain in operation for
one year or longer.

Attention: This form contains information relating to
employee health and must be used in a manner that
protects the confidentiality of employees to the extent
possible while the information is being used for
occupational safety and health purposes.

(Rev. 01/2004)

Skin disorders

The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses is
used to classify work-related injuries and
illnesses and to note the extent and severity
of each case. When an incident occurs, use
the Log to record specific details about what
happened and how it happened.

Revise the log if the injury or illness
progresses and the outcome is more
serious than you originally recorded for
the case. Cross out, erase, or white-out
the original entry.

Choose ONLY ONE of these
categories. Classify the case
by recording the most
serious outcome of the case,
with column G (Death) being
the most serious and column
J (Other recordable cases)
being the least serious.

Note whether the
case involves an
injury or an illness.

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Hearing loss

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Other recordable cases

Away
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Poisoning

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Days away Job transfer
from work or restriction

Check the “Injury” column or
choose one type of illness:

(M)

Remained at Work

Death

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Enter the number of
days the injured or
ill worker was:

Poisoning

CHECK ONLY ONE box for each case
based on the most serious outcome for
that case:

Respiratory
condition

(F)
Describe injury or illness, parts of body affected,
and object/substance that directly injured
or made person ill (e.g., Second degree burns on
right forearm from acetylene torch)

Respiratory
condition

(E)
Where the event occurred
(e.g., Loading dock north end)

Skin disorder

(D)
Date of injury
or onset
of illness

Classify the case

Skin disorder

City ________________________________ State ___________________

Injury

(B)
Employee’s name

Establishment name ___________________________________________

Injury

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Case
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Describe the case

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Identify the person

Year 20__ __
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Page totals
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 14 minutes per response, including time to review
the instructions, search and gather the data needed, and complete and review the collection of information. Persons are not required
to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. If you have any comments
about these estimates or any other aspects of this data collection, contact: US Department of Labor, OSHA Office of Statistical
Analysis, Room N-3644, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210. Do not send the completed forms to this office.

Be sure to transfer these totals to the Summary page (Form 300A) before you post it.

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OSHA’s Form 300A (Rev. 01/2004)

Year 20__ __

Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

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All establishments covered by Part 1904 must complete this Summary page, even if no work-related injuries or illnesses occurred during the year. Remember to review the Log
to verify that the entries are complete and accurate before completing this summary.
Using the Log, count the individual entries you made for each category. Then write the totals below, making sure you’ve added the entries from every page of the Log. If you
had no cases, write “0.”
Employees, former employees, and their representatives have the right to review the OSHA Form 300 in its entirety. They also have limited access to the OSHA Form 301 or
its equivalent. See 29 CFR Part 1904.35, in OSHA’s recordkeeping rule, for further details on the access provisions for these forms.

Establishment information
Your establishment name

__________________________________________

Street

_____________________________________________________

City

____________________________ State ______ ZIP _________

Number of Cases
Total number of
deaths
__________________

Total number of
cases with days
away from work

Total number of
cases with job
transfer or restriction

Total number of
other recordable
cases

__________________

(G)

(H)

(I)

Industry description (e.g., Manufacture of motor truck trailers)
_______________________________________________________
Standard Industrial Classification (SIC), if known (e.g., 3715)
____ ____ ____ ____
OR

(J)

North American Industrial Classification (NAICS), if known (e.g., 336212)
____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

Number of Days
Total number of days away
from work

Total number of days of job
transfer or restriction

___________

(K)

(L)

Employment information (If you don’t have these figures, see the
Worksheet on the back of this page to estimate.)

Injury and Illness Types

Annual average number of employees

______________

Total hours worked by all employees last year

______________

Sign here
Knowingly falsifying this document may result in a fine.

Total number of . . .
(M)
(1)

Injuries

______

(2)

Skin disorders

______

(3)

Respiratory conditions

______

(4)

Poisonings

______

(5)

Hearing loss

______

(6)

All other illnesses

______

I certify that I have examined this document and that to the best of my
knowledge the entries are true, accurate, and complete.
___________________________________________________________
Company executive

Title

(
)
/ /
___________________________________________________________
Phone

Post this Summary page from February 1 to April 30 of the year following the year covered by the form.
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 58 minutes per response, including time to review the instructions, search and gather the data needed, and
complete and review the collection of information. Persons are not required to respond to the collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. If you have any
comments about these estimates or any other aspects of this data collection, contact: US Department of Labor, OSHA Office of Statistical Analysis, Room N-3644, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Do not send the completed forms to this office.

Date

Optional

Worksheet to Help You Fill Out the Summary
At the end of the year, OSHA requires you to enter the average number of employees and the total hours worked by your employees on the summary. If you don’t have these figures, you can use the
information on this page to estimate the numbers you will need to enter on the Summary page at the end of the year.

How to figure the total hours worked by all employees:

How to figure the average number of employees
who worked for your establishment during the
year:

U.S. Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Include hours worked by salaried, hourly, part-time and seasonal workers, as
well as hours worked by other workers subject to day to day supervision by
your establishment (e.g., temporary help services workers).
Do not include vacation, sick leave, holidays, or any other non-work time,
even if employees were paid for it. If your establishment keeps records of only
the hours paid or if you have employees who are not paid by the hour, please
estimate the hours that the employees actually worked.
If this number isn’t available, you can use this optional worksheet to
estimate it.

Add the total number of employees your

establishment paid in all pay periods during the
year. Include all employees: full-time, part-time,
temporary, seasonal, salaried, and hourly.

The number of employees
paid in all pay periods =

Count the number of pay periods your
establishment had during the year. Be sure to
include any pay periods when you had no
employees.

The number of pay
periods during the year =

Divide the number of employees by the number of

Optional Worksheet
Find the number of full-time employees in your
establishment for the year.

pay periods.

x
Round the answer to the next highest whole

number. Write the rounded number in the blank
marked Annual average number of employees.

The number rounded =

This is the number of full-time hours worked.

For example, Acme Construction figured its average employment this way:
For pay period…

1
2
3
4
5
▼
24
25
26

Acme paid this number of employees…

10
0
15
30
40
▼
20
15
+10
830

Multiply by the number of work hours for a full-time
employee in a year.

Number of employees paid = 830

Number of pay periods = 26

830 = 31.92
26

31.92 rounds to 32

32 is the annual average number of employees

Add the number of any overtime hours as well as the
hours worked by other employees (part-time,
temporary, seasonal)

Round the answer to the next highest whole number.
Write the rounded number in the blank marked Total
hours worked by all employees last year.

OSHA’s Form 301

Injury and Illness Incident Report

U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Form approved OMB no. 1218-0176

Information about the employee

This Injury and Illness Incident Report is one of the
first forms you must fill out when a recordable workrelated injury or illness has occurred. Together with
the Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and the
accompanying Summary, these forms help the
employer and OSHA develop a picture of the extent
and severity of work-related incidents.
Within 7 calendar days after you receive
information that a recordable work-related injury or
illness has occurred, you must fill out this form or an
equivalent. Some state workers’ compensation,
insurance, or other reports may be acceptable
substitutes. To be considered an equivalent form,
any substitute must contain all the information
asked for on this form.
According to Public Law 91-596 and 29 CFR
1904, OSHA’s recordkeeping rule, you must keep
this form on file for 5 years following the year to
which it pertains.
If you need additional copies of this form, you
may photocopy and use as many as you need.

1) Full name _____________________________________________________________
2) Street ________________________________________________________________
City ______________________________________ State _________ ZIP ___________
3) Date of birth ______ / _____ / ______
4) Date hired ______ / _____ / ______
5)

r
r

Information about the case
10) Case number from the Log

_____________________ (Transfer the case number from the Log after you record the case.)

11) Date of injury or illness

______ / _____ / ______

12) Time employee began work ____________________ AM / PM
13) Time of event

____________________ AM / PM

0 Check if time cannot be determined

14) What was the employee doing just before the incident occurred? Describe the activity, as well as the

tools, equipment, or material the employee was using. Be specific. Examples: “climbing a ladder while
carrying roofing materials”; “spraying chlorine from hand sprayer”; “daily computer key-entry.”

Male
Female

15) What happened? Tell us how the injury occurred. Examples: “When ladder slipped on wet floor, worker

Information about the physician or other health care
professional
6)

fell 20 feet”; “Worker was sprayed with chlorine when gasket broke during replacement”; “Worker
developed soreness in wrist over time.”

Name of physician or other health care professional __________________________
________________________________________________________________________

7) If treatment was given away from the worksite, where was it given?
Facility _________________________________________________________________
Street

16) What was the injury or illness? Tell us the part of the body that was affected and how it was affected; be

more specific than “hurt,” “pain,” or sore.” Examples: “strained back”; “chemical burn, hand”; “carpal
tunnel syndrome.”

_______________________________________________________________

City ______________________________________ State _________ ZIP ___________
8)

r
r

Completed by _______________________________________________________
Title _________________________________________________________________
Phone (________)_________--_____________

Date

_____/ _____
_
/ _____

17) What object or substance directly harmed the employee? Examples: “concrete floor”; “chlorine”;
Was employee treated in an emergency room?

“radial arm saw.” If this question does not apply to the incident, leave it blank.

Yes
No

Was employee hospitalized overnight as an in-patient?

r
r

Yes
No

18) If the employee died, when did death occur? Date of death ______ / _____ / ______

Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 22 minutes per response, including time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Persons are not required to respond to the
collection of information unless it displays a current valid OMB control number. If you have any comments about this estimate or any other aspects of this data collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden, contact: US Department of Labor, OSHA Office of Statistical Analysis, Room N-3644, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20210. Do not send the completed forms to this office.

If You Need Help…
If you need help deciding whether a case is recordable, or if you have questions about the information in this package, feel free to
contact us. We’ll gladly answer any questions you have.

Visit us online at www.osha.gov

Call your OSHA Regional office
and ask for the recordkeeping
coordinator
or

Call your State Plan office

Federal Jurisdiction

State Plan States

Puerto Rico - 787 / 754-2172

Region 1 - 617 / 565-9860

Alaska - 907 / 269-4957

South Carolina - 803 / 734-9669

Connecticut; Massachusetts; Maine; New
Hampshire; Rhode Island

Arizona - 602 / 542-5795

Tennessee - 615 / 741-2793

Region 2 - 212 / 337-2378

California - 415 / 703-5100

Utah - 801 / 530-6901

*Connecticut - 860 / 566-4380

Vermont - 802 / 828-2765

Hawaii - 808 / 586-9100

Virginia - 804 / 786-6613

Indiana - 317 / 232-2688

Virgin Islands - 340 / 772-1315

Iowa - 515 / 281-3661

Washington - 360 / 902-5601

Kentucky - 502 / 564-3070

Wyoming - 307 / 777-7786

New York; New Jersey

Region 3 - 215 / 861-4900
DC; Delaware; Pennsylvania; West Virginia

Region 4 - 404 / 562-2300

U.S. Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Alabama; Florida; Georgia; Mississippi

Region 5 - 312 / 353-2220
Illinois; Ohio; Wisconsin

Region 6 - 214 / 767-4731

Maryland - 410 / 767-2371
*Public Sector only

Arkansas; Louisiana; Oklahoma; Texas

Michigan - 517 / 322-1848

Region 7 - 816 / 426-5861

Minnesota - 651 / 284-5050

Kansas; Missouri; Nebraska

Nevada - 702 / 486-9020
Region 8 - 303 / 844-1600
Colorado; Montana; North Dakota; South
Dakota

*New Jersey - 609 / 984-1389
New Mexico - 505 / 827-4230

Region 9 - 415 / 975-4310
*New York - 518 / 457-2574
Region 10 - 206 / 553-5930
Idaho

North Carolina - 919 / 807-2875
Oregon - 503 / 378-3272

U.S. Department of Labor

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Have questions?
If you need help in filling out the Log or Summary, or if you
have questions about whether a case is recordable, contact
us. We’ll be happy to help you. You can:
t Visit us online at: www.osha.gov
t Call your regional or state plan office. You’ll find the
phone number listed inside this cover.

File Type	application/pdf
File Title	OSHA Form 300 and related pages.
Subject	OSHA Form 300
Author	OSHA
File Modified	2008-01-22
File Created	2003-07-17