R614-3-6. Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

A. General. This part provides for record keeping by employers to develop, collect, and analyze information regarding occupational accidents and illnesses.

B. Log and Summary. Each employer having 11 or more employees during any part of a calendar year or who has been notified by the Commission to keep records as part of the "Annual Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses", shall maintain in each establishment a log and summary of all recordable occupational injuries and illnesses for that establishment. The employer shall enter all recordable occupational injury and illness on the log and summary as early as practicable but no later than 6 working days after receiving information that a recordable case has occurred. The federal OSHA Form No. 200 or any private equivalent form may be used. The Form or its equivalent shall be completed in the detail provided in the form and instructions contained in Form No. 200. If an equivalent of OSHA Form No. 200 is used, such as a printout from data processing equipment, the information shall be readable and comprehensible.

C. The employer may maintain the log and summary of occupational injuries and illnesses at a place other than the establishment under the following circumstances:

1. There is available at the place where the log and summary is maintained sufficient information to complete the log to a date within 6 working days after receiving information that a recordable case has occurred.

2. At each of the employer's establishments, there is available a copy of the log and summary which reflects separately the injury and illness experience of that establishment complete and current to a date within 45 calendar days.