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623 Healthcare: Preventing Ergonomic Injuries
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Accident and Record Analysis

Records of injuries and illnesses should be analyzed to identify patterns of injury that occur over time, enabling the hazards to be addressed and prevented.

Records of injuries and illnesses need to be analyzed for patterns.

This includes reviewing OSHA 300 logs, OSHA 301 forms and Workers' Compensation reports. For more on recordkeeping basics, please check out OSHAcademy course 708 OSHA Recordkeeping Basics.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-7. Why should the records of injuries and illnesses be analyzed over time?