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An Overview:

What do you need to do?

Recording Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

Within 7 calendar days after you

receive information about a case,

decide if the case is recordable under

The Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act of 1970 requires certain employers to prepare and maintain records of work-related injuries and illnesses. Use these

the OSHA recordkeeping

definitions when you classify cases on the Log. OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation (see 29 CFR Part 1904) provides more information about the definitions below.

requirements.

What are the additional criteria?

The

Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses

presumed for injuries and illnesses resulting

Determine whether the incident is a

(Form 300) is used to classify work-related

from events or exposures occurring in the

new case or a recurrence of an existing

You must record the following conditions when

injuries and illnesses and to note the extent

workplace, unless an exception specifically

one.

they are work-related:

and severity of each case. When an incident

applies. See 29 CFR Part 1904.5(b)(2) for the

Establish whether the case was work-

any needlestick injury or cut from a sharp

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occurs, use the

Log

to record specific details

exceptions. The work environment includes

object that is contaminated with another

about what happened and how it happened.

the establishment and other locations where

person’s blood or other potentially

If the case is recordable, decide which

The

Summary

— a separate form (Form 300A)

one or more employees are working or are

infectious material;

form you will fill out as the injury and

— shows the totals for the year in each

present as a condition of their employment.

any case requiring an employee to be

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illness incident report.

category. At the end of the year, post the

See 29 CFR Part 1904.5(b)(1).

medically removed under the requirements

Summary

in a visible location so that your

You may use

OSHA’s 301: Injury and

of an OSHA health standard;

employees are aware of the injuries and

Illness Incident Report

or an equivalent

tuberculosis infection as evidenced by a

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Which work-related injuries and

illnesses occurring in their workplace.

form. Some state workers compensa

positive skin test or diagnosis by a physician

illnesses should you record?

tion, insurance, or other reports may

Employers must keep a

Log

for each

or other licensed health care professional

after exposure to a known case of active

be acceptable substitutes, as long as

establishment or site. If you have more than

Record those work-related injuries and

tuberculosis.

they provide the same information as

one establishment, you must keep a separate

illnesses that result in:

Log

and

Summary

for each physical location that

the OSHA 301.

death,

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is expected to be in operation for one year or

loss of consciousness,

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What is medical treatment?

How to work with the Log

longer.

days away from work,

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Note that your employees have the right to

dentify the employee involved unless

restricted work activity or job transfer, or

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review your injury and illness records. For

Medical treatment includes managing and

it is a privacy concern case as described

medical treatment beyond first aid.

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caring for a patient for the purpose of

more information, see 29 Code of Federal

below.

combating disease or disorder. The following

You must also record work-related injuries

Regulations Part 1904.35,

Employee Involvement.

dentify when and where the case

are not considered medical treatments and are

and illnesses that are significant (as defined

Cases listed on the

Log of Work-Related

occurred.

NOT recordable:

below) or meet any of the additional criteria

Injuries and Illnesses

are not necessarily eligible

visits to a doctor or health care professional

Describe the case, as specifically as you

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listed below.

for workers’ compensation or other insurance

solely for observation or counseling;

can.

You must record any significant work-

benefits. Listing a case on the

Log

does not

diagnostic procedures, including

Classify the seriousness of the case by

related injury or illness that is diagnosed by a

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mean that the employer or worker was at fault

administering prescription medications that

recording the

or that an OSHA standard was violated.

physician or other licensed health care

most serious outcome

are used solely for diagnostic purposes; and

associated with the case, with column J

professional. You must record any work-related

(Other recordable cases) being the least

When is an injury or illness considered

case involving cancer, chronic irreversible

any procedure that can be labeled first aid.

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serious and column G (Death) being

work-related?

disease, a fractured or cracked bone, or a

(

See below for more information about first aid.

)

the most serious.

punctured eardrum. See 29 CFR 1904.7.

An injury or illness is considered

Identify whether the case is an injury

work-related if an event or exposure in the

or illness. If the case is an injury, check

work environment caused or contributed to the

the injury category. If the case is an

condition or significantly aggravated a

illness, check the appropriate illness

preexisting condition. Work-relatedness is

category.

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