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What is first aid?

How do you decide if the case involved

What if the outcome changes after you

� an injury or illness resulting from a sexual

restricted work?

record the case?

assault,

If the incident required only the following types

Restricted work activity occurs when, as the

� a mental illness,

of treatment, consider it first aid. Do NOT

If the outcome or extent of an injury or illness

result of a work-related injury or illness, an

� a case of HIV infection, hepatitis, or

record the case if it involves only:

changes after you have recorded the case,

employer or health care professional keeps, or

tuberculosis,

� using non-prescription medications at non-

simply draw a line through the original entry or,

recommends keeping, an employee from doing

prescription strength;

� a needlestick injury or cut from a sharp

if you wish, delete or white-out the original

the routine functions of his or her job or from

object that is contaminated with blood or

entry. Then write the new entry where it

� administering tetanus immunizations;

working the full workday that the employee

other potentially infectious material (see

belongs. Remember, you need to record the

� cleaning, flushing, or soaking wounds on the

would have been scheduled to work before the

29 CFR Part 1904.8 for definition), and

most serious outcome for each case.

skin surface;

injury or illness occurred.

� other illnesses, if the employee

� using wound coverings, such as bandages,

Classifying injuries

independently and voluntarily requests that

How do you count the number of days of

BandAids™, gauze pads, etc., or using

restricted work activity or the number of

his or her name not be entered on the log.

SteriStrips™ or butterfly bandages.

An injury is any wound or damage to the body

days away from work?

You must not enter the employee’s name on the

resulting from an event in the work

� using hot or cold therapy;

OSHA 300 Log for these cases. Instead, enter

Count the number of calendar days the

environment.

� using any totally non-rigid means of support,

“privacy case” in the space normally used for

employee was on restricted work activity or was

Examples: Cut, puncture, laceration,

such as elastic bandages, wraps, non-rigid

the employee’s name. You must keep a separate,

away from work as a result of the recordable

abrasion, fracture, bruise, contusion, chipped

back belts, etc.;

confidential list of the case numbers and

injury or illness. Do not count the day on which

tooth, amputation, insect bite, electrocution, or

employee names for the establishment’s privacy

� using temporary immobilization devices

the injury or illness occurred in this number.

a thermal, chemical, electrical, or radiation

concern cases so that you can update the cases

while transporting an accident victim

Begin counting days from the day after the

burn. Sprain and strain injuries to muscles,

(splints, slings, neck collars, or back boards).

and provide information to the government if

incident occurs. If a single injury or illness

joints, and connective tissues are classified as

asked to do so.

involved both days away from work and days of

� drilling a fingernail or toenail to relieve

injuries when they result from a slip, trip, fall or

If you have a reasonable basis to believe

pressure, or draining fluids from blisters;

restricted work activity, enter the total number

other similar accidents.

that information describing the privacy concern

of days for each. You may stop counting days of

� using eye patches;

case may be personally identifiable even though

restricted work activity or days away from work

� using simple irrigation or a cotton swab to

the employee’s name has been omitted, you may

once the total of either or the combination of

remove foreign bodies not embedded in or

use discretion in describing the injury or illness

both reaches 180 days.

adhered to the eye;

on both the OSHA 300 and 301 forms. You

� using irrigation, tweezers, cotton swab or

Under what circumstances should you

must enter enough information to identify the

other simple means to remove splinters or

NOT enter the employee’s name on the

cause of the incident and the general severity of

foreign material from areas other than the

OSHA Form 300?

the injury or illness, but you do not need to

eye;

include details of an intimate or private nature.

You must consider the following types of

� using finger guards;

injuries or illnesses to be privacy concern cases:

� using massages;

� an injury or illness to an intimate body part

or to the reproductive system,

� drinking fluids to relieve heat stress

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