
Safety
How Long Should an Incident Investigation Take?
OSHA sets clocks around an incident: 8 or 24 hours to report, 7 days for the 301, 48 hours to start a PSM investigation. It sets none for finishing the investigation itself. A timetable you can defend, and what usually slows it down.
Oct 13, 2026
8 min read

Safety
What Goes in an Incident Investigation Report
The 301 records the injury. The investigation report explains it and says what changes. What OSHA's 2015 investigation guide puts in the report, what the PSM standard makes mandatory, and the parts most reports leave out.
Oct 13, 2026
9 min read