OSHA estimates about 36 minutes of federal forms for every injury — before your carrier, your state, or your investigation. Then the 300A summary. Miss one and OSHA can fine you up to $16,550 per violation.
OSHA/OMB recordkeeping burden estimates (OMB Control No. 1218-0176): averages of about 14 minutes to log a case and 22 minutes for the incident report. $16,550 is OSHA's 2026 maximum per violation.
Arizona-based · ADOSH-current · Serving construction, manufacturing and senior care
The cases with days away from work on your OSHA 300 log.
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OSHA's estimator uses 3% by default. Adjust to yours.
Based on OSHA's average lost-time claim for a sprain: $30,487 direct + 1.1× indirect = $64,000 per injury.
Estimates use OSHA's $afety Pays Individual Injury Estimator: National Council on Compensation Insurance average lost-time claim costs (policy years 2015–2017, not adjusted for inflation) plus OSHA's indirect-cost ratios. Your actual costs will vary.
Randomly inspected California employers compared with matched employers that were not inspected
Study of California high-hazard workplaces. It measures government inspections, not any private service.
Source: Levine, Toffel & Johnson, Science, “Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss” (2012)
$48,000
Average cost of a medically consulted work injury
Includes wage and productivity losses, medical, administrative and employer costs.
Source: National Safety Council, “Injury Facts: Work Injury Costs” (2024)
$58.7 billion a year
Direct cost of disabling workplace injuries in the U.S. Overexertion $13.1B · falls on the same level $9.9B · struck by object or equipment $6.2B.
Disabling means more than 5 days away from work. Direct costs are medical and lost-wage payments.
Source: Liberty Mutual, “Workplace Safety Index” (2026 (2023 data))
Up to $16,550 per serious violation · up to $165,514 per willful or repeat violation · up to $16,550 per day for failure to abate
OSHA maximum penalties
Maximums, not typical penalties. Failure-to-abate penalties are generally limited to 30 days. Arizona's maximums follow federal OSHA's (A.R.S. § 23-418).
Source: OSHA, “2026 Annual Adjustments to OSHA Civil Penalties” (2026)
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The documented hazard assessment the standards require before anything else is valid.
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Built around your equipment and your procedures, not a generic library.
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One form, every downstream document, every jurisdiction.
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Fixing what got cited, and documenting that you fixed it.
You should use it — call (602) 542-1769. A free consultation is a point-in-time visit that hands you a list of findings and an abatement deadline. It does not build your equipment-specific procedures, run your training cadence, maintain your 300 log, or file your forms. That work is what we do.
Then you're ahead of most. The question is whether your documentation would survive an inspector asking one of your employees to describe the energy control procedure for a specific machine.
Scroll back up to the revenue-needed number. That's what one injury costs in sales you have to go win.
No obligation. The quiz takes 60 seconds and the report is yours whether or not we ever speak.
