Compliance

Safety training is a core element of a safety program.

• Access this training article to understand which trainings to provide and how often.
• See our overview about the Hazard Communication Standard and related training requirements.
• NYCAMH can provide relevant safety training at no cost. Click here.

Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development has developed templates, checklists, and materials to for employee onboarding to assist farms in being in compliance, clearly communicating procedures, and starting employees off right. Visit their onboarding page to access these materials.

Training Records
Keep records of any trainings provided to employees including date it occurred, what material was covered, and who conducted the training. It is best practice to document training with a roster.

Download Blank Bilingual Training Roster

Injury and Illness Recordkeeping
By February 1 each year, physically post your OSHA 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses for the previous year in a conspicuous location. Farms with 11 or more full or part-time workers are required to maintain and post a hard copy of their OSHA 300A from February 1 until April 30 each year at each establishment.

Agricultural establishments with 100 or more employees must electronically submit their OSHA 300 and 301 forms March 2 each year. This information about each recordable injury and illness during the previous calendar year includes the date, physical location, and severity of the injury or illness, details about the worker who was injured, and details about how the injury or illness occurred.

Establishments with 20 to 249 employees need to submit the 300A-Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses for the previous year electronically by March 2 each year. If you had less than 20 employees at an establishment, keep the Injury and Illness Reporting logs on file.

The Injury and Illness Reporting Logs should be kept on file for five years. Find more information at https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping

Reporting
OSHA Requirements for reporting a fatality or severe injury:

• All employers of any size are required to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye.
• A fatality has to be reported within 8 hours.
• An in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or the loss of an eye must be reported within 24 hours.

For more information on this regulation, visit https://www.osha.gov/report.html

Posting
Post relevant required posters in a conspicuous location, like a breakroom, at each site.
OSHA “It’s the Law” Poster
New York State Checklist of Required Posters for Agriculture
U.S. Department of Labor Posters

Safety and Health Training Services
Farm Hazard Identification
Financial Assistance for Safety Upgrades
Safety Posters
Safety Policy Templates

OSHA: Agricultural Operations
OSHA: Compliance Assistance Quickstart
OSHA: Hazard Communication
PERC/Worker Protection Standard