It’s the time of year to collect and document your occupational injury data from 2025 and, if applicable, submit it to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Injury and illness data assists OSHA in identifying unsafe conditions and workplace hazards that may cause occupational injuries and illnesses. Recognizing these hazards will help detect ways to control or prevent them and reduce future injuries. This data helps OSHA to protect workers and ensures their health and safety throughout their working day.
Read on to determine what is required by whom and when.
Who Does This Affect?
If your establishment(s) has 10+ employees you must keep records of serious work-related illnesses and injuries for five years, AND you must visibly post Form 300A data in the workplace by February 1, 2026. OSHA defines your number of employees by the maximum number of workers at any point during the previous calendar year, including full-time, part-time, temporary, and seasonal staff.
- You must submit Form 300A data by March 2, 2026, if your establishment meets one of the following criteria:
- Has 250 or more employees and is not in an industry listed in the Exempt Industries list in Appendix A to Subpart B of OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation of 29 CFR Part 1904.
- Has 20-249 employees and is in an industry listed in Appendix A to Subpart E of 29 CFR Part 1904.
- You must submit Form 300 and Form 301 data by March 2, 2026 if your establishment(s) has 100 or more employees and is in an industry listed in Appendix B to Subpart E of 29 CFR Part 1904 (beverage manufacturers, NAICS code 3121, including breweries, are on this list).
Submitting OSHA Forms
All forms for injury and illness data (listed below) can be found on the OSHA Illness & Injury Recordkeeping Forms page.
- OSHA Form 300: Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
- OSHA Form 300A: Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
- OSHA Form 301: Injury and Illness Incident Report
To submit data, visit OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA) page.
Additional Information
Not posting the OSHA 300A Summary is a violation, as is failing to keep the detailed OSHA 300 Log. Failure to do so can lead to significant OSHA penalties, potentially thousands of dollars per violation, with fines increasing for repeated or willful failures…