Form 801 - Oregon Workers' Compensation (Page 2 of 5) in pdf

OSHA Recordkeeping Guidelines

Recordable Cases

If you are subject to recordkeeping regulations, you are required to record information on OSHA Form 200 about: (1) every occupational

fatality; (2) every nonfatal occupational illness; and (3) those nonfatal occupational injuries that involve one or more of the following:

loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, transfer to another job, or medical treatment other than first aid (see guidelines

below).

Nature of injury

Medical treatment (recordable)

First aid (non-recordable)

· Sutures (stitches)

· Bandaging on any visit to doctor or nurse

Cuts, lacerations, punctures,

· Butterfly adhesive dressing(s) or steri strip(s) in

· Application of antiseptic on first visit to

abrasions, splinters

lieu of sutures

doctor or nurse

· Treatment of infection

· Application of ointments on first or

· Application of antiseptic on second or

subsequent visits to prevent drying or

subsequent visit to a doctor or nurse

cracking of skin

· Removal of foreign bodies requiring skilled

· Removal of foreign bodies from wound by

services of physician due to depth of

tweezers or other simple techniques

embedment, size or shape of object(s), or

· Removal of foreign bodies in the eye, not

location of wound

embedded, by irrigation

· Removal of foreign bodies embedded in eye

· Cutting away dead skin (surgical debridement)

· Where X-ray results are positive

· When X-ray taken as a precaution is

Fractures

· Application of a cast or other professional

negative for fracture

means of immobilizing the injured part is

required

· Application of a cast or other professional

· Use of an elastic (Ace) bandage on a strain

Strains, sprains, dislocations

means of immobilizing injured part

that is not otherwise recordable, on a first

Any strain, sprain, or dislocation is recordable if

· Use of hot or cold compresses for treatment of

visit to a doctor or nurse

the worker's range of motion is affected in a

strains, sprains, and dislocation on second or

· Use of hot or cold compresses for

manner that prevents the worker from doing

subsequent visits to a doctor or nurse

treatment of a strain on first visit to a

regularly assigned duties, whether or not

· Use of diathermy and whirlpool treatments on

doctor or nurse

medical treatment is rendered.

second or subsequent visits to a doctor or nurse

· Use of diathermy and whirlpool treatments

· A series of chiropractic treatments

on first visit to doctor or nurse

· A single chiropractic treatment for minor

injury or discomfort

· Treatment of all second- and third-degree burns

· Treatment by a doctor or nurse for a first-

Thermal or chemical burns

degree burn

Any burn is recordable if the worker's range of

motion is affected in a manner which prevents

the worker from doing his or her regularly

assigned duties, whether or not medical

treatment is rendered.

· Treatment of a bruise by draining collected

· Soaking or application of cold compresses

Bruises, contusions

blood

to a bruise, that is otherwise not

Any bruise or contusion is recordable if the

· Soaking or application of cold compresses to a

recordable, on first visit to a doctor or

worker's range of motion is affected in a

bruise on second or subsequent visits to a

nurse

manner that prevents the worker from doing

doctor or nurse

regularly assigned duties, whether or not

medical treatment is rendered.

Miscellaneous procedures

Medical treatment is only one criteria for determining recordability. Any injury that required only first-aid treatment but involved loss of consciousness,

restriction of work or motion or transfer to another job is recordable.

• Tetanus shots, either initial shots or boosters, are considered

• All diagnosed occupational illnesses are recordable.

preventive in nature and are

not considered medical treatment.

• All occupational fatalities are recordable.

• Hospitalization for observation , where no treatment is rendered other

than first aid, is

not considered medical treatment. However, most

• A heart attack, if determined to be work-related is recorded as an

injuries requiring hospitalization will result in lost workdays and will be

illness

recordable for that reason.

(col 7g and col 8 of log).

• The observation of injury by a doctor or nurse is

not recordable.

• Replacement of broken eyeglasses in itself is

not recordable.

• Giving worker prescriptions for drugs on second or subsequent visits

constitutes medical treatment. Use of prescription medication, when a

single dose is administered on the first visit for minor injury or

discomfort, is not recordable. Recommending or giving nonprescription

medicines is considered first aid.

OSHA recordkeeping questions may be referred to:

Department of Consumer & Business Services,

Information Management Division

350 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301-3880

Phone: (503) 378-8254

440-801(1/00)

440-801 (1/00)

WC 8468b (1-00)

UNIFORM INFORMATION SERVICES, INC.

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