NAICS 311611 · Manufacturing
OSHA Recordkeeping for Animal (Except Poultry) Slaughtering
In animal slaughtering, serious cases mostly end in restricted work rather than days away: in 2024 the industry had 2.8 cases per 100 full-time workers with days away, restriction or a transfer, but only 0.8 with days away. That puts most of a plant's serious cases in column I. A worker kept at work but limited from one or more routine functions of the job is a restricted case (29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4)).
Who keeps and files OSHA records
NAICS 311611 is not on OSHA's partially exempt list, so the size rule decides the log (29 CFR 1904.1 (opens in a new tab)) and the filing appendices decide what goes to OSHA (1904.41 (opens in a new tab)).
- OSHA 300, 300A and 301
- Required
- Once the company passes 10 employees at any time in the year.
- 300A e-filing by March 2
- From 20 employees
- Per establishment; appendix A industry.
- 300 and 301 case data
- From 100 employees
- Per establishment; appendix B industry.
2024 injury rates for meatpacking
Cases per 100 full-time workers, as published by BLS for NAICS 311611, animal (except poultry) slaughtering. The TRIR of 4.0 is 1.7 times the private-industry rate of 2.3.
- Total recordable (TRIR)
- 4.0
- Columns H, I and J
- Days away, restricted or transferred (DART)
- 2.8
- Columns H and I
- Days away from work
- 0.8
- Column H
| Full-time employees | Hours worked a year | Cases at TRIR 4.0 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 50,000 | 1.0 |
| 50 | 100,000 | 2.0 |
| 100 | 200,000 | 4.0 |
Your rate is recordable cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked; the TRIR calculator works it out from your 300A.
Recordable or not: cases from meatpacking
- Finger guards are first aid, and so is a splint used only to transport an injured worker. A rigid splint to immobilize the hand afterwards is medical treatment. (29 CFR 1904.7(b)(5)(ii)(G), (L))
- An amputation, including a fingertip, has to be reported to OSHA within 24 hours. (29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2))
For a case of your own, the recordable checker walks through the same rules.
What 29 CFR 1904 requires
OSHA 300 log
Each recordable case, within 7 calendar days. 1904.29(b)(3) (opens in a new tab)
OSHA 301 report
One per case, same 7 days; an equivalent form works. 1904.29(b)(4) (opens in a new tab)
OSHA 300A summary
Certified by an executive, posted February 1 to April 30. 1904.32 (opens in a new tab)
Privacy cases
Six case types keep the name off the log. 1904.29(b)(7) (opens in a new tab)
Severe injury reports
Fatality in 8 hours; hospitalization, amputation, eye loss in 24. 1904.39 (opens in a new tab)
Retention
All three forms kept five years. 1904.33 (opens in a new tab)
Hazards OSHA addresses for this work
Meatpacking: recordkeeping questions
Does a meatpacking plant with 50 employees keep an OSHA 300 log?
Yes. Animal slaughtering isn't partially exempt, so a company with more than 10 employees at any point last year keeps the 300 log, the 300A and the 301 forms (29 CFR 1904.1). Workers supplied by a staffing agency go on the plant's log when the plant supervises them day to day (1904.31(b)(2)).
Does a slaughtering plant file with OSHA by March 2?
Animal slaughtering and processing, NAICS 3116, is in both appendices to 29 CFR 1904.41. A plant with 20 or more employees at any time last year submits its 300A by March 2, and a plant with 100 or more submits its 300 log and 301 case data as well, through OSHA's Injury Tracking Application.
What is the difference between the 300 log and the 300A for a plant?
The 300 log holds each case within 7 calendar days, including the column for restricted work or job transfer and the number of those days (29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3)). The 300A totals those columns once a year; for a plant at the industry's 2024 rates, the restricted-work total is usually the largest of the case counts. A company executive certifies it, and it is posted from February 1 to April 30 (1904.32).