OSHA recordkeeping training is for safety managers, HR staff, supervisors and site leaders who log workplace injuries and illnesses. Those duties arise in construction, healthcare, manufacturing and many other industries. Employees benefit by learning their reporting rights. The 15-minute video is in English, with Spanish and French closed captions.

Injury and illness recordkeeping is governed by OSHA 29 CFR Part 1904. Part 1904 defines which employers must keep records and what makes a case recordable. The rule also covers Forms 300, 300A and 301 and deadlines for reporting serious events. Employers with 10 or fewer employees are partially exempt from routine recordkeeping.

A work-related injury or illness is OSHA recordable if it causes death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer. Loss of consciousness and medical treatment beyond first aid also make a case recordable. So does a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional.

Employers must report a work-related fatality to OSHA within 8 hours. An in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye must be reported within 24 hours. These deadlines under 29 CFR 1904.39 apply even to employers that are exempt from keeping routine OSHA injury logs.

OSHA 300 logs, 300A summaries and Form 301 incident reports must be kept for five years. The five years run from the end of the calendar year the records cover. The 300A summary must be posted from February 1 to April 30 each year. Employees and their representatives have the right to access these records.