Safety & Workforce worked example

OSHA 300 Log Rate with recordable cases on the osha 300 log of 15 cases: a worked example

Push recordable cases on the osha 300 log up to 15 cases and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it to benchmark safety performance for Safety & Workforce against OSHA and industry averages.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Recordable cases on the OSHA 300 log: 15 cases (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Total employee hours worked: 500,000 hr (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (OSHA 300 log rate = logged cases × 200,000 ÷ total hours worked) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6 per 100 workers for osha 300 rate, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 cases for cases.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 500,000 hr for hours worked.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 FTE for full-time equivalents.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where recordable cases on the osha 300 log sits at 6 cases and the headline result is 2.4 per 100 workers, this scenario comes in 150% above the baseline at 6 per 100 workers.
  • It computes the OSHA incident rate as recordable cases multiplied by 200,000 and divided by total employee hours worked, expressed per 100 full-time-equivalent workers. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • OSHA 300 rate: 6 per 100 workers (headline result)
  • Cases: 15 cases
  • Hours worked: 500,000 hr
  • Full-time equivalents: 250 FTE

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live OSHA 300 Log Rate calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.