How to Configure Employee Count and Safety Metrics for OSHA Related Reporting:  4 Options

Since 1970 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires employers to keep records of occupational deaths, injuries, and illnesses. The records are used by employers and employees to implement safety and health programs at your workplace.  Analysis of the data allows employees to identify workplace safety and health problems, and for tracking progress in solving those problems. 

The EHS-Dashboard™ provides several configuration options for health & safety data, so you can choose the option that works best for your program!  Regardless of the option you ultimately choose, you will need at least the following information ready so that safety metrics like the following are calculated appropriately in the platform: 

• Monthly employee count
• Number of OSHA reportable incidents
• Number of lost time incidents 
• Number of lost workdays

Employee Count Configuration options are as follows: (Additional information about each is provided via a link under each option)

Safety Metric Configuration Option 1:  Configuring Safety Metrics Without Using EHS-Dashboard Incident Forms or a Contact List

Directly Input Monthly Totals for Employee count, OSHA reportable incidents, Lost time incidents, Number of lost workdays

• When to use this option: Use this configuration if you do not use or intend to use incident/event reporting forms in the platform but still would like to track high-level data about incidents in the EHS-Dashboard™. 
• Click here learn how to configure your safety metrics using option 1.

Safety Metric Configuration Option 2: Configuring Safety Metrics Without Using EHS-Dashboard Incident Forms but With Using an Employee Contact List

Manage employee count by importing a monthly employee Contact List and Directly Inputting Monthly Totals forOSHA reportable incidents, Lost time incidents, Number of lost workdays

• When to use this option: Use this configuration if you do not use or intend to use incident/event reporting forms in the platform, but you do upload a monthly employee Contact List to the EHS-Dashboard™
• Click here to learn how to configure your safety metrics using option 2.

Safety Metric Configuration Option 3: Configuring Safety Metrics Using EHS-Dashboard Incident Forms and a Contact List

Manage employee count by importing a monthly employee Contact List and Using Event Report forms to log events and conduct follow up investigations

• When to use this option: Use this configuration if employees log event reports in the EHS-Dashboard™ via an incident/event reporting form (see How to Create Custom Form Templates here) and you also upload a monthly employee Contact List
• Click here to learn how to configure your safety metrics using option 3.

Safety Metric Configuration Option 4: Configuring Safety Metrics Using EHS-Dashboard Incident Forms and Without a Contact List

Directly Input Monthly Totals for Employee count and Use Event Report forms to log incidents/events and conduct follow up investigations

• When to use this option: Use this configuration if employees log incident/event reports in the EHS-Dashboard™ but you will directly input a monthly total for employee count
• Click here to learn how to configure your safety metrics using option 4.