The Safety Log by Glover & Co.

The problem

Every workplace injury raises the same three questions: does this go on the OSHA log, what do we write, and does anyone need to be called? In a 10-to-50 person company there is a safety binder but no safety department, so the owner or the office manager answers them alone, usually on a Monday morning.

What it does

Tell Claude what happened ("Dana cut her hand on the trim press and got five stitches") and The Safety Log walks the case through the five steps OSHA uses: is it a new case, is it work-related, does one of the nine exceptions apply, does it meet a recording criterion, and does it need a call to OSHA. It shows its work with the rule it relied on, drafts the 300 log line and the 301 details, flags privacy cases, and says plainly when a call needs a person.

It also keeps the calendar: the seven-day recording window, the 8-hour and 24-hour reporting deadlines, the February 1 to April 30 posting of the 300A, the March 2 electronic filing for the sites that owe one, and the five-year retention rule. Before the year ends it runs the 300A checklist with you, including how to calculate average employees and total hours worked.

Salem, the safety skunk, is the voice. Warm, calm, and a little dry. Skunks warn before they spray, which is the whole point: a team that reports early is a team you can protect.

What it covers

• The full recording decision under 29 CFR Part 1904, with citations
• First aid versus medical treatment (the complete first-aid list)
• Days away, restricted work, and job transfer counts, including the 180-day cap
• Privacy cases and what to leave off the log
• Reporting to OSHA: fatalities within 8 hours; in-patient hospitalizations, amputations and eye loss within 24 hours
• Who is exempt (10 or fewer employees company-wide, or a low-hazard industry) and who must e-file
• Year-end 300A checklist and a posting memo
• An injury reporting procedure and poster text your team can adopt
• Connecticut notes: federal OSHA covers private employers; CONN-OSHA's free consultation program; the Employer's First Report of Occupational Injury

Why this beats prompting it yourself

A general chat will guess at the first-aid list and the reporting deadlines. This skill carries the rules as a reference library, cites the section behind every call, and stops to tell you when a case belongs with a person instead of a model.

Works on its own, or with the web app

The skill keeps the whole log in the chat if you like. Owners of the Safety Log kit (gloverco.ai/store/safety-log) also get the web app that keeps the 300 log, 300A summary and 301 reports, prints the full records packet in one click, and hands cases to this skill by copy and paste.

Known limitations

Recordkeeping only. It does not do hazard assessments, write a safety program, or give legal or workers' compensation advice. It applies the federal rule; state-plan states may add requirements.

Built by Erin Glover, SHRM-SCP, an HR advisor with 13 years in the field. Educational, not legal advice. Seek counsel if you would like a legal opinion.