Today is the deadline for covered employers to submit their 2022 workplace injury and illness data electronically on Form 300A to the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (“OSHA”). Covered employers must submit Form 300A electronically via OSHA’s online Injury Tracking Application. This reporting requirement covers:

• Employers with at least 250 employees; and

• Employers with 20 to 249 employees, if they are in a specific industry with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses, such as manufacturing, utilities, wholesale trades, and general freight trucking.

For those employers with at least 20 employees that must submit Form 300A based on their industry, OSHA has created a list that is organized by North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”) codes, which is available by clicking here. Importantly, certain employers are partially exempt from having to report the data regardless of their number of employees, unless OSHA expressly instructs them to report. A list of those partially exempt industries is available by clicking here.

All employers, including those partially exempted by reason of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye, pursuant to 29 CFR §1904.39.

When submitting Form 300A to OSHA, employers must take care to use their correct employer identification number. Should a covered employer miss the March 2 reporting deadline, it may still submit Form 300A through December 31, 2023, but it may be subject to a monetary penalty.

It is important for employers to keep in mind that this reporting requirement is in addition to other OSHA recordkeeping requirements that apply to most employers.