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Your electrical contracting business has recently expanded to 14 employees. To ensure your company meets its new regulatory obligations, analyze the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping rules and arrange the following compliance actions in their correct chronological sequence.
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As an electrical contractor, you must understand your obligations for OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping. According to OSHA rules, your business is exempt from keeping these formal records if you have:
As a covered electrical contractor, you are required to post OSHA Form 300A in your workplace beginning February 1 and keep it displayed for six months.
Match each OSHA recordkeeping term with its correct description for an electrical contracting business.
Your electrical contracting firm recently hired its 12th employee, meaning you no longer qualify for the small employer exemption. To maintain compliance with OSHA recordkeeping rules, you must post your annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses (Form 300A) in a visible location starting on _____ 1st for a period of three months.
Your electrical contracting business has recently expanded to 14 employees. To ensure your company meets its new regulatory obligations, analyze the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping rules and arrange the following compliance actions in their correct chronological sequence.
You are advising three fellow electrical contractors about their OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping practices. Review each contractor's approach and determine which one has the most compliant recordkeeping strategy.
Contractor A has 8 employees year-round but regularly hires 4 temporary workers for large commercial projects, bringing total headcount above 10 for several months each year. He says, 'My permanent staff is only 8, so I'm exempt from OSHA recordkeeping no matter how many temps I bring on.'
Contractor B has 14 employees. She keeps her OSHA Form 300 log updated throughout the year, makes it available when employees or OSHA request access, and posts her Form 300A summary in the break room every year from February 1 through April 30.
Contractor C has 14 employees. He maintains his OSHA Form 300 log but keeps it locked in his office filing cabinet. He posts his Form 300A summary each year starting March 1 so it doesn't interfere with his busy winter billing cycle, and takes it down June 1.
Which contractor's approach best meets OSHA recordkeeping requirements?