Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

Electronic Submission of OSHA Form 300 and 301 Data

The New Requirements

• Establishments with 100 or more employees 

in designated high-hazard industries (listed in 

Appendix B to Subpart E of 29 CFR Part 1904) 

must electronically submit to OSHA detailed 

information about each recordable injury and 

illness entered on their previous calendar 

year’s OSHA Form 300 Log and Form 301 

Incident Report (29 CFR 1904.41). This includes 

the date, physical location, and severity of the 

injury or illness; details about the worker who 

was injured; and details about how the injury 

or illness occurred. 

• All the establishments required to submit 

information from their OSHA Form 300 Log 

and OSHA Form 301 Incident Report to OSHA 

under this rule are already required to collect 

and retain this information, and are currently 

required to electronically submit to OSHA 

information from their OSHA Form 300A 

Annual Summary.

• Retains the requirement for all establishments 

with 250+ employees in industries that must 

routinely keep records to submit the OSHA 

Form 300A Annual Summary.

• Each establishment must provide their legal 

company name when submitting their data.

• Which establishments have to submit?

{ Establishments that had a peak employment 

of 100 or more employees during the 

previous calendar year meet the size criteria. 

{ The designated industries are listed in 

Appendix B to Subpart E of 29 CFR Part 1904. 

{ OSHA will provide an ITA Coverage 

Application to help establishments 

determine whether they have to comply 

with these new requirements. 

{ The requirements apply to establishments 

covered by Federal OSHA, as well as 

establishments covered by states with 

their own occupational safety and health 

programs (i.e., State Plans).

• OSHA estimates approximately 50,000 

establishments will be required to submit their 

case-specific injury and illness data. OSHA 

estimates they will submit information on 

approximately 750,000 injury and illness 

cases annually. Focusing the requirements on 

establishments with 100 or more employees 

in higher hazard industries means that fewer 

than one percent of establishments in the 

country will submit additional data, but the 

injury and illness data submitted by those 

establishments will comprise nearly 30% of all 

reportable occupational injuries and illnesses.

• OSHA estimates it will cost affected 

establishments with 100 or more employees 

an average of $136 per year to comply.

• The data must be electronically submitted 

through OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application 

(ITA). There are 3 ways to submit the data: 

{ webform on the ITA;

{ submission of a csv file to the ITA;

{ use of an application programming 

interface (API) feed. 

The ITA will begin accepting 2023 injury and 

illness data on January 2, 2024. The due date 

to complete this submission is March 2, 2024. 

The submission requirement is annual, and the 

deadline for timely submission of the previous 

year’s injury and illness data will be on March 2 

of each year.

Benefits of the New Requirements

• Benefits to OSHA: Access to establishmentspecific, case-specific injury and illness data will 

help the agency identify establishments with 

specific hazards. This will enable the agency 

to interact directly with these establishments, 

through enforcement and/or outreach activities, 

to address and abate the hazards and improve 

worker safety and health. These same data will 

also allow OSHA to better analyze injury trends 

FactSheet
related to specific industries, processes or 

hazards. The collection and publication of data 

from Forms 300 and 301 will not only increase 

the amount of information available for analysis 

but will also result in more accurate statistics 

regarding work-related injuries and illnesses, 

including more detailed statistics on injuries and 

illnesses for specific occupations and industries. 

• Benefits to interested parties: Public access to 

establishment-specific, case-specific injury and 

illness data will allow employers, employees, 

potential employees, employee representatives, 

customers, potential customers, and the 

general public to make more informed decisions 

about workplace safety and health at a given 

establishment. In addition, researchers will 

be better able to identify patterns of injuries, 

illnesses, and hazardous conditions in 

workplaces. OSHA believes this access will 

ultimately result in the reduction of occupational 

injuries and illnesses.

• OSHA will make most of the data submitted 

under these new requirements available to the 

public. OSHA will take multiple steps to protect 

the identity of injured or ill workers, including:

{ OSHA will not collect worker names and 

addresses;

{ OSHA will convert birth dates to age and 

discard birth dates;

{ OSHA will remind employers not to submit 

information that could directly identify 

workers, such as names, addresses, 

telephone numbers, etc.;

{ OSHA will withhold from publication the 

information on age, gender, date hired, 

and whether the worker was treated in 

an emergency room and/or hospitalized 

overnight as an in-patient;

{ OSHA will use automated information 

technology to detect and remove any 

remaining information that could directly 

identify workers.

Additional Information

For more information visit the Injury Tracking 

Application page.

Workers’ Rights

Workers have the right to:

• Working conditions that do not pose a risk of 

serious harm.

• Receive information and training (in a 

language and vocabulary the worker 

understands) about workplace hazards, 

methods to prevent them, and the OSHA 

standards that apply to their workplace.

• Review records of work-related injuries 

and illnesses.

• File a complaint asking OSHA to inspect their 

workplace if they believe there is a serious hazard 

or that their employer is not following OSHA’s 

rules. OSHA will keep all identities confidential.

• Exercise their rights under the law without 

retaliation, including reporting an injury or 

raising health and safety concerns with their 

employer or OSHA. If a worker has been 

retaliated against for using their rights, they 

must file a complaint with OSHA as soon as 

possible, but no later than 30 days.

For additional information, see OSHA’s Workers 

page (www.osha.gov/workers).

How to Contact OSHA

Under the Occupational Safety and Health 

Act of 1970, employers are responsible for 

providing safe and healthful workplaces for 

their employees. OSHA’s role is to ensure these 

conditions for America’s workers by setting and 

enforcing standards, and providing training, 

education and assistance. For more information, 

visit www.osha.gov or call OSHA at 1-800-321-

OSHA (6742), TTY 1-877-889-5627.

DTSEM FS-4272 07/2023

This is one in a series of informational fact sheets highlighting OSHA programs, policies or standards. 

It does not impose any new compliance requirements. For a comprehensive list of compliance 

requirements of OSHA standards or regulations, refer to Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 

This information will be made available to sensory-impaired individuals upon request. The voice phone 

is (202) 693-1999; teletypewriter (TTY) number: (877) 889-5627.