NAICS 493110 · Transportation and Warehousing
OSHA Recordkeeping for General Warehousing and Storage
General warehousing had 4.9 recordable cases per 100 full-time workers in 2024, more than twice the private-industry rate of 2.3, and 4.3 of those cases involved days away, restricted work or a job transfer. That makes column I, restricted work, a large part of a warehouse log. Light duty counts as restriction when the worker can't do one or more routine functions of the job, or can't work a full shift (29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4)).
Who keeps and files OSHA records
NAICS 493110 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 warehousing
Cases per 100 full-time workers, as published by BLS for NAICS 49311, general warehousing and storage. The TRIR of 4.9 is 2.1 times the private-industry rate of 2.3.
- Total recordable (TRIR)
- 4.9
- Columns H, I and J
- Days away, restricted or transferred (DART)
- 4.3
- Columns H and I
- Days away from work
- 1.6
- Column H
| Full-time employees | Hours worked a year | Cases at TRIR 4.9 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 50,000 | 1.2 |
| 50 | 100,000 | 2.5 |
| 100 | 200,000 | 4.9 |
Your rate is recordable cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked; the TRIR calculator works it out from your 300A.
Recordable or not: cases from warehousing
- A back strain that keeps a picker home after the day it happened is a days-away case in column H. The count starts the day after the injury. (29 CFR 1904.7(b)(3))
- Light duty that keeps a worker from a routine part of the job, or from a full shift, is a restricted case in column I. (29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4))
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
Warehousing: recordkeeping questions
Does a warehouse with 30 employees have to keep an OSHA 300 log?
Yes. Warehousing isn't partially exempt, and 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 from a staffing agency go on your log when your supervisors direct their work day to day (1904.31(b)(2)), which in peak season can be a large share of the floor.
When does a warehouse have to file with OSHA's ITA by March 2?
Warehousing and storage, NAICS 4931, is in both appendices to 29 CFR 1904.41. A warehouse with 20 or more employees at any time last year submits its 300A by March 2; from 100 employees it submits its 300 log and 301 case data as well. Each establishment files separately, with its own EIN.
Is the 300A just the totals of the 300 log?
Mostly. It sums the log's columns for the year and adds the establishment's average number of employees and total hours worked, which are what turn those totals into rates. The 300 log lists each case within 7 calendar days (29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3)); the 300A is certified by a company executive and posted from February 1 to April 30 (1904.32). At the 2024 average of 4.9, a warehouse would log about 5 cases for every 100 full-time workers.