{"id":1487,"date":"2010-04-08T19:58:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T23:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ufcw.org\/?p=1487"},"modified":"2020-09-09T14:12:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T14:12:28","slug":"osha-300-logs-an-important-tool-to-improve-safety-and-ensure-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ufcw.org\/osha-300-logs-an-important-tool-to-improve-safety-and-ensure-accountability\/","title":{"rendered":"OSHA 300 Logs: An Important Tool To Improve Safety and Ensure Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Safety is one of the most important issues at any plant. Preventing injuries at the workplace is about identifying hazards and getting them fixed, and stewards play a particularly important role in making sure this happens.
\nMany workers are already familiar with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a division within the U.S. Department of Labor that sets and enforces safety standards in the workplace.
\nThese standards are the law and employers are required to comply with them. Among these requirements is the OSHA Form 300. Most employers with 10 or more full-time employees are required to file this form, which is a yearly log of work-related injuries.
\nMiguel Luna, a steward from UFCW Local 2, works in a plant in Guymon, Okla. He has been an active member of his plant\u2019s safety committee for more than four years.
\n\u201cI joined the safety committee to help to keep my coworkers safe. Together with other members, we have helped to improve safety at the plant. The OSHA 300 logs are fundamental for our mission. They help a lot,\u201d Luna said.
\nOSHA mandates that employers record all new cases of work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses if they involve death, time away from work, restricted work, transfer from another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of consciousness, or a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional.
\n\u201cAn OSHA 300 log is where companies record the injuries that occur at the workplace,\u201d said Luna. \u201cBy law, they have to report all the injuries to OSHA.\u201d
\nThe OSHA law gives workers and their unions the right to have access to injury logs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Stewards, workers, and supervisors can use the OSHA 300 logs to help to improve safety in a food processing or meatpacking plant.
\n\u201cAt our plant, our safety committee meets once a month. We talk about how to improve safety at our plant,\u201d said Luna. \u201cThe OSHA logs are very useful for those
\nof us on the committee, because we can see if we need to improve safety in one area or if we can do something different.\u201d
\nLuna added that there have been several instances when the OSHA logs have helped the committee to improve safety at the plant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u201cFor example, if we see in the logs  that many injuries are occurring on the line due to an ergonomic issue, then we look into what is causing that issue, we investigate, and once we have reached a conclusion, we meet with the plant\u2019s safety director,\u201d he said.
\nUnfortunately, in some instances, workplace injuries are being under-counted. This year OSHA has enacted an enforcement program to review the logs and make certain that employers record all injuries.
\nLuna said that stewards play an important role in making sure employers keep the log current.
\n\u201cAs stewards, we have to review the logs to make sure injuries are being recorded in an accurate and proper way,\u201d he said. \u201cI recommend that stewards stay on top of things and check the logs on a regular basis.\u201d
\nHe said that if a steward suspects that an injury has been inaccurately reported in the OSHA logs, the best way to solve any discrepancy is to talk to the injured worker, get the facts, and talk to the plant\u2019s safety manager or supervisors to try to clarify the issues.
\nFor Luna, the most important thing to do if an injury occurs is to make sure that the affected worker fully recovers.
\n\u201cStewards should check back with the injured worker and follow up throughout his or her recovery. We have to support each other and that means making sure injured workers get the proper treatment,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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