OSHA Benchmarking
Benchmarking Using OSHA Statistics
OSHA incidence rates give you an apples to apples way to compare your safety performance with other companies in your industry.
Start a conversationThe Employer Success ProgramWhy incidence rates matter
OSHA incidence rates are a good way to compare your company's safety performance with national or state averages. The comparison is a safety benchmark: it measures you against other companies in the same business group on an apples to apples basis. Different industries have different average rates for a number of reasons.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes incidence rates by industry each year. Use the most recent figures for your industry code when you compare. BLS injury and illness data.
Finding your rate
Your OSHA 300 log and 300A summary have the information you need. The standard OSHA formula is:
Incidence rate = number of recordable cases x 200,000 / total hours worked by all employees
The 200,000 represents 100 full time employees working 40 hours a week for 50 weeks, so the rate reads as cases per 100 workers.
Make sure you are recording only true recordable injuries. The criteria can be confusing and the circumstances around an injury can make it complex. Do not over report injuries on your OSHA 300 log, and do not send logs to project owners with incorrect data. If you have questions, our team can review your recordable injuries and your 300 log.
OSHA recordkeeping
OSHA requires the 300A summary to be completed and posted every year. Depending on your size and industry, you may also need to submit your log data to OSHA electronically.
We offer free OSHA recordkeeping software you can use to keep your OSHA 300 (injury log), 300A (annual summary) and 301 (incident report), notify key people in your company of an injury, notify your insurance company, and submit to OSHA electronically when required. It is a secure, web-based application that creates each state's first report of injury, tracks injuries, prints all required OSHA reports and shows injury metrics in real time.
See OSHA recordkeeping or contact us for access.
Where the Employer Success Program comes in
It starts with a Diagnostic and Plan. We read your loss runs, your mod worksheet and your key contracts, and we talk with the people who run the work. You get the pattern behind your claims and a short list of what's worth fixing first.
From there our claims, HR, safety and fleet people work alongside yours, and you get a Score Card at the start and every year after, measured against your own starting point.
Start with a conversation
Tell me what's going on. I read these myself and reply within two business days. If there's nothing worth fixing, I'll tell you that too.