Route a Case to the Right Establishment Log (29 CFR 1904.30)
osha_route_to_establishment_logDetermines which establishment's OSHA 300 Log a recordable case belongs on—following the place of injury, not the employee's home site. Also flags if the destination needs its own log and central recordkeeping deadlines.
Instructions
Decide WHICH establishment's OSHA 300 Log a recordable case belongs on — the last question about an individual incident, and one multi-site employers routinely get backwards. Under 1904.30(b)(4) the case follows the PLACE, not the person: an injury occurring at one of the employer's establishments is recorded on THAT establishment's log even when the employee normally works elsewhere, while an injury away from all of them (a customer site, in transit, remote work) goes on the log of the establishment where the employee normally works. Also reports whether the destination needs its own log — required for establishments expected to operate a year or longer (1904.30(a)), optional for short-term sites which may share a combined log (b)(1) — and, when records are kept centrally, the 7-calendar-day transmission deadline and the two conditions central recordkeeping depends on (b)(2)). Reference and triage only — not legal advice.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| records_kept_centrally | No | Are the establishment's records kept at headquarters or another central location? Permitted only on the two conditions in 1904.30(b)(2). | |
| date_information_received | No | ISO 8601 date the employer received information that a recordable case occurred. Used with central recordkeeping to compute the 7-calendar-day transmission deadline (1904.30(b)(2)(i)). | |
| employee_was_telecommuting_from_home | No | Was the employee working from home at the time? A home is NEVER a business establishment and needs no separate 300 Log (1904.46(3)) — the case goes on the log of the establishment the telecommuter is linked to under 1904.30(b)(3). Pass false for occurred_at_one_of_your_establishments in this case. | |
| occurred_at_one_of_your_establishments | Yes | Did the injury or illness occur AT one of the employer's own establishments? True even if it is not the employee's usual site. False for a customer site, in transit, or working from home. An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted (1904.46); for mobile work — construction, transportation, utilities — it is the office, terminal or station that supervises the activity or is the base for it. | |
| destination_expected_to_operate_a_year_or_longer | No | Is the establishment whose log will carry the case expected to be in operation for a year or longer? If not, no separate log is required — its cases may go on a combined short-term log, optionally per division or geographic region (1904.30(a), (b)(1)). |
Output Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| kind | Yes | ||
| value | Yes | ||
| cfr_cite | Yes | ||
| source_url | Yes | ||
| last_verified | Yes |