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Q: Is an employer with more than 10 employees required to open a new 300 Log at the beginning of the year or only after there''s been a recordable accident?

A: Yes! OSHA requires you complete and post a log if you have more than 10 employees. Even if there are no injuries that year. If you have less that 10 you only have to do this if you have an injury. Here are the OSHA requirements:

Basic requirement.
1904.1(a)(1)
If your company had ten (10) or fewer employees at all times during the last calendar year, you do not need to keep OSHA injury and illness records unless OSHA or the BLS informs you in writing that you must keep records under § 1904.41 or § 1904.42. However, as required by § 1904.39, all employers covered by the OSH Act must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in a fatality or the hospitalization of three or more employees.

1904.1(a)(2)
If your company had more than ten (10) employees at any time during the last calendar year, you must keep OSHA injury and illness records unless your establishment is classified as a partially exempt industry under § 1904.2.
1904.1(b)

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