29 CFR 1904.32: Annual summary
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Quoted from the eCFR, current as of 2026-10-14; last amended 2020-02-18.
How 29 CFR 1904.32 is organized
- (a) Basic requirement5 paragraphs
- (b)13 paragraphs
Paragraphs our practice questions cite most
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“(i) Total the columns on the OSHA 300 Log (if you had no recordable cases, enter zeros for each column total); and”
“(iii) If you are using an equivalent form other than the OSHA 300-A summary form, as permitted under § 1904.29(b)(4), the summary you use must also include the employee access and employer penalty statements found on the OSHA 300-A Summary form.”
“(iii) The highest ranking company official working at the establishment; or”
“(b) Implementation—(1) How extensively do I have to review the OSHA 300 Log entries at the end of the year? You must review the entries as extensively as necessary to make sure that they are complete and correct.”
“(5) How do I post the annual summary? You must post a copy of the annual summary in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. You must ensure that the posted annual summary is not altered, defaced or covered by other material.”
Free practice questions on 29 CFR 1904.32
Question 1
On January 30, a safety manager posted the certified OSHA 300A summary on the break-room bulletin board, where company notices are customarily posted. On April 15, during a walkthrough, she finds that several flyers for a company picnic and a blood drive have been pinned over most of the summary. What action is required?
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Answer: D. Remove the flyers so the summary is fully visible, and keep it posted in that location through April 30
OSHA's recordkeeping rule, 29 CFR 1904.32(b)(5)-(6), requires the employer to keep the posted annual summary from being covered by other material and to keep it posted until April 30. Removing the flyers fixes the violation. Moving it to an office or doing nothing ignores the April 30 end date. Pinning a copy over the flyers leaves the original covered.
On the job
An EHS coordinator at a cannery notices on April 12 that a stack of holiday schedules and safety raffle notices has been pinned over the posted annual OSHA 300A summary on the employee bulletin board. The summary must not be covered by other material and must stay posted until April 30. She removes the notices so the full summary is visible and leaves it on the board through the end of April.
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Answer D comes from
29 CFR 1904.32(b)(5)(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“You must post a copy of the annual summary in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. You must ensure that the posted annual summary is not altered, defaced or covered by other material.”
Question 2
A plant uses its own spreadsheet-style summary form instead of the OSHA 300-A form, which the rules allow as an equivalent form. The spreadsheet has the column totals, the calendar year, the establishment name and address, the average number of employees, and the hours worked. The safety manager is about to print it for the executive's certification and posting. What must be added before the form is used?
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Answer: C. The employee access statement and the employer penalty statement found on the OSHA 300-A form
OSHA's recordkeeping rule says an equivalent summary form must also carry the employee access and employer penalty statements from the OSHA 300-A. The other choices add case names, attached incident reports, or reporter names. The summary does not require any of these, and they do not replace the two required statements.
On the job
A safety coordinator at a regional hospital laundry is asked to approve a summary format that the corporate software vendor generates for several sites in place of the OSHA 300-A. The sample shows clean totals but no wording about employee access to the injury records or the penalty for false certification. Because an equivalent summary form must also carry the employee access and employer penalty statements found on the 300-A, the coordinator sends the template back for those statements before any site uses it.
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Answer C comes from
29 CFR 1904.32(b)(2)(iii)(opens ecfr.gov in a new tab)“If you are using an equivalent form other than the OSHA 300-A summary form, as permitted under § 1904.29(b)(4), the summary you use must also include the employee access and employer penalty statements found on the OSHA 300-A Summary form.”
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