WAC 296-27-03103   Annual OSHA injury and illness survey.  (1) Basic requirement. If you receive OSHA's annual survey form, you must fill it out and send it to OSHA or OSHA's designee, as stated on the survey form. You must report the following information for the year described on the form:

     • The number of workers you employed;

     • The number of hours worked by your employees; and

     • The requested information from the records that you keep under this section.

     (2) Implementation.

     (a) Does every employer have to send data to OSHA? No, each year, OSHA sends injury and illness survey forms to employers in certain industries. In any year, some employers will receive an OSHA survey form and others will not. You do not have to send injury and illness data to OSHA unless you receive a survey form.

     (b) How quickly do I need to respond to an OSHA survey form? You must send the survey reports to OSHA, or OSHA's designee, by mail or other means described in the survey form, within thirty calendar days, or by the date stated in the survey form, whichever is later.

     (c) Do I have to respond to an OSHA survey form if I am normally exempt from keeping OSHA injury and illness records? Yes, even if you are exempt from keeping injury and illness records under WAC 296-27-001, OSHA may inform you in writing that it will be collecting injury and illness information from you in the following year. If you receive such a letter, you must keep the injury and illness records required by WAC 296-27-01103 to 296-27-01117 and make a survey report for the year covered by the survey.

     (d) Do employers in Washington have to answer the OSHA survey form? Yes.

     (e) Does this section affect WISHA/OSHA's authority to inspect my workplace? No, nothing in this section affects WISHA/OSHA's statutory authority to investigate conditions related to occupational safety and health.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and[49.17].050 . 02-01-064, § 296-27-03103, filed 12/14/01, effective 1/1/02.]