Food and beverage processing establishments with 100 or more employees will need to submit electronically to OSHA the information from Form 300-Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and Form 301-Injury and Illness Incident Report once a year, according to a final rule announced by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), starting Jan. 1, 2024.
The DOL release states the information that will need to be submitted is already required to be kept by the processors, and will be submitted in addition to the Form 300A-Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.
The final rule will require that facilities include their legal company name on the OSHA submissions, and some of the data collected will be published by OSHA on its web site to increase the transparency of company’s workplace safety and health record, and help the agency and the public fully understand the safety and health challenges in these workplaces.
According to the release, the final rule retains the current requirements for electronic submission of information from Form 300A from establishments with 20-249 employees in certain high-hazard industries, as well as those with 250 or more employees in industries that must routinely keep OSHA injury and illness records.
