NAICS 561730 · Administrative and Support Services
OSHA Recordkeeping for Landscaping Services
Landscaping headcount swings with the season, and both thresholds look at the peak: the size exemption at the company's highest headcount last year (29 CFR 1904.1(b)), the filing thresholds at each establishment's (1904.41). A company that runs 8 people in winter and 25 in summer keeps the log and, as an establishment of 25, files its 300A.
Who keeps and files OSHA records
NAICS 561730 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
- Not required
- Not in appendix B, at any size.
2024 injury rates for landscaping
Cases per 100 full-time workers, as published by BLS for NAICS 56173, landscaping services. The TRIR of 3.0 is above the private-industry rate of 2.3.
- Total recordable (TRIR)
- 3.0
- Columns H, I and J
- Days away, restricted or transferred (DART)
- 2.0
- Columns H and I
- Days away from work
- 1.4
- Column H
| Full-time employees | Hours worked a year | Cases at TRIR 3.0 |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 50,000 | 0.8 |
| 50 | 100,000 | 1.5 |
| 100 | 200,000 | 3.0 |
Your rate is recordable cases × 200,000 ÷ hours worked; the TRIR calculator works it out from your 300A.
Recordable or not: cases from landscaping
- Water and a cool place to rest are first aid for heat stress; IV fluids are medical treatment, so the case is recordable. (29 CFR 1904.7(b)(5)(ii)(N))
- Seasonal or temporary workers your crew leaders supervise day to day go on your log. (29 CFR 1904.31(b)(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
Landscaping: recordkeeping questions
How many employees before a landscaping company has to keep an OSHA 300 log?
Eleven at any point during the last calendar year. Landscaping isn't partially exempt by industry, so the only exemption is having 10 or fewer employees at all times, counted company-wide (29 CFR 1904.1). Seasonal workers count while they are on your payroll, which is why the summer peak usually decides it.
Does a landscaping company have to file with OSHA by March 2?
Landscaping is part of NAICS 5617, services to buildings and dwellings, which is in appendix A to 29 CFR 1904.41: an establishment with 20 or more employees at any time last year submits its 300A by March 2. It isn't in appendix B, so 300 and 301 case data is not required, even above 100 employees.
What is the difference between the OSHA 300 and the 300A for a landscaper?
The 300 log is where each case goes during the season, within 7 calendar days (29 CFR 1904.29(b)(3)): a cut from a trimmer that needs stitches, heat illness treated with IV fluids. The 300A is the yearly summary of that log, certified by a company executive and posted from February 1 to April 30 (1904.32), in the off-season, when the summer crew may be gone. The 2024 landscaping average was 3.0 recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.