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1 min readOSHA Recordkeeping: What to Post by February 1
Sarah MitchellJune 18, 2026
A short, practical checklist for the annual posting deadline — including the three forms most employers get wrong.
The deadline
Every employer with more than 10 employees in covered industries must post their OSHA Form 300A in a visible workplace location from February 1 through April 30.
The three forms you should actually have on file
- Form 300 — log of work-related injuries and illnesses (kept all year)
- Form 300A — the annual summary (the one you post)
- Form 301 — individual incident report (one per recordable case)
The mistakes we see most often
- Posting an unsigned 300A. A company executive must sign it. No signature = no compliance.
- Counting the wrong cases. Only recordable cases count, and the definition is narrower than most supervisors think.
- Missing the electronic submission. Employers with 250+ employees, or 20+ in certain industries, must submit electronically by March 2.
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