Understanding OSHA Establishment Reporting Information
An establishment is any single location where the organization conducts business or performs services. When distinctly separate activities are performed at a single physical location, each activity is a separate establishment. An establishment can be a field activity or an office, installation, or facility. You create groups of establishments to satisfy requirements for OSHA reports and the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.
When you set up establishment information, you can include conditions that might have affected the establishment during a given year. You can include conditions such as natural disasters, layoffs, strikes, changes in working schedules, or any other event that might affect OSHA reporting information. You can enter multiple conditions for a given year and establishment.
Establishment information is required for the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. The conditions that you include might occur even if the establishment had no injuries or illnesses to report.
You can create a grouping of establishments that you might want to use repeatedly for reporting information. Creating an establishment grouping prevents you from having to enter each establishment that you want to include in the report every time that you run a report.