OSHA Recordkeeping

Who this course is for

• HSE and compliance staff who maintain OSHA logs
• Office and administrative staff who process incident reports
• Small-business owners who must keep the 300 log
• Anyone who has had an incident and needs to know if it is recordable

The syllabus — what you’ll actually cover

Module	What it covers
The standard	OSHA 1904: who must keep records; the 300, 300A and 301 forms; the 5-year retention rule This block carries the most exit-ticket weight — study it first and study it last.
What is recordable	The recording criteria: death, days away, restricted work, medical treatment, loss of consciousness, significant injury; the exemption list The applied block: the standard looks straightforward until the exit ticket puts it in a site scenario.
The forms	The 300 log by month; the 301 incident report; the 30A annual summary and its February–April posting The practical core — the block that separates workers who do the work safely from workers who describe it.
Reporting to OSHA	The 8-hour fatality report; the 24-hour hospitalisation, amputation and eye-loss report; how to file Keep this block fresh until exam day; it is where the straightforward marks are.
Privacy and penalties	Employee name handling; the penalty structure; common audit findings The closing block ties the course to the site — bring your own examples here and the exam stops being abstract.

The exam & assessment

Knowledge assessment on the recording criteria, the forms and the reporting deadlines. Completion certificate issued on passing.

Duration & delivery

A two-to-four-hour course (the baseline) through the official programme.

How to prepare — the tips that actually work

1. Memorise the 8-hour and 24-hour reporting deadlines — they are the highest-stakes facts
2. Study the recording criteria against real incident examples; the paper uses scenarios
3. Know the 300A posting window: February 1 to April 30
4. Practise the "is this recordable?" decision on a set of incident cards

Where this takes your career

Recordkeeping is where OSHA audits start. This training is the formal record that your compliance staff know the rules — and it protects the business from the penalties that come from a missed report.

What you’ll be able to do

• Work the standard on a real US workplace, not just recognise it on a slide
• Pass the exit ticket or knowledge assessment with the technique the course trains
• Hold the official OSHA card or completion certificate, recorded for your CV
• Meet the requirement your US site or tender lists for this topic
• Speak the OSHA standard numbers correctly with US supervisors and auditors

What the course actually looks like

The course is delivered through the official programme in the standard OSHA format for this topic — classroom or virtual, with the assessment at the end. You get the standard mapped section by section, the question style demonstrated, and the completion card or certificate arranged on passing. Schedules and fees are published on the official website — one message gets you the written quote.

How employers see this qualification

On a US site or a US tender, the OSHA card is the line that gets you through the gate. The 10 and 30 cards are the baseline; the topic-specific trainings — ladder, electrical, silica, HazCom, LOTO — are the lines that put you on the safety plan. US supervisors check the cards; the card that matches the task is the card that matters.

Common mistakes candidates make

1. Studying the topic list but not the standard numbers — the OSHA questions cite the standard
2. Practising only on paper when the assessment has a practical element
3. Skipping the Focus Four connection; OSHA builds its questions around falls, electrocution, struck-by and caught-in
4. Waiting until the last week — the timed exam rewards steady practice

How this fits with the other qualifications

On the OSHA route, OSHA Recordkeeping sits alongside the others like this:

• OSHA 30-Hour General Industry (OSHA (US)) — OSHA 30-Hour General Industry — Topics, Exit Ticket & US Safety Roles
• OSHA 10-Hour General Industry (OSHA (US)) — OSHA 10-Hour General Industry — Topics, Exit Ticket & Who Needs It

The official programme will map the right sequence for your goals — one conversation on WhatsApp saves months of guessing.

Before you enrol — confirm these five things

• The exact syllabus version the awarding body is running right now — and that it matches the batch you are booking
• The assessment format in writing: open-book or closed-book, the duration, the pass mark, and how many sittings per year
• The total fee in your currency, what it includes (materials, exam entry, certificate) and the refund position
• The delivery language and whether the classes are in person, virtual or self-paced with a live exam
• Your exam slot and the validity window, so the qualification lands when your role or tender actually needs it