OSHA Publishes 2023 Injury and Illness Data
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has published injury and illness data for 2023, which was collected under OSHA’s July 2023 new Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses final rule. The final rule requires some establishments with 100 or more employees to electronically submit data from their OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to OSHA once a year. The data are collected through OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application (ITA). The deadline for submitting injury and illness data for 2023 was March 2, 2024; however, if any establishment has missed the deadline, they are still required to submit their data.
Aside from certain low-risk industries, many employers with more than 10 employees are required to maintain records of serious workplace injuries and illnesses. Records must be maintained at the worksite for 5 years, and a summary of the injuries and illnesses recorded over the previous year must be posted each February through April. Copies of the records must be provided to current and former employees or their representatives on request. Fatalities must be reported to OSHA within 8 hours, and severe injuries involving amputation, loss of an eye, or hospitalization must be reported within 24 hours.
Throughout 2023, OSHA has been conducting outreach through webinars, social media, and educational videos to ensure that establishments are aware of their obligations. OSHA is actively enforcing compliance with the reporting requirements by identifying establishments that have failed to submit the required data.
Submitting data to OSHA on injuries, illnesses, and fatalities in the workplace allows OSHA to identify the safety and health problems that workers face and determine the extent of workplace illnesses and injuries. Accurate and detailed data are vital to OSHA’s mission to prevent and control workplace hazards, injuries, and illnesses. OSHA reviews the data and intervenes through strategic outreach and enforcement to reduce worker injuries and illnesses. The data improves research into the occurrence, prevention, and control of workplace hazards, injuries, and illness types, and provides the public with information about the risk of injuries and illnesses in specific sectors. Workers and employers can also use the data to make more informed decisions about safety and health in their workplaces.
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The published data for 2023 includes illness and injury data collected from more than 375,000 establishments via their submitted OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, data on individual injuries and illnesses collected from employers with 100 or more employees in high-hazard industries, and partial data collected via 850,000 Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report records.
