Criteria for Recording Injuries and Illnesses
Each employer is required to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses that:
Recording Decision Tree
- are work-related; and
- are new cases; and
- meet one or more of the following general recording criteria: (Section 1904.7)
- death;
- days away from work;
- restricted work or transfer to another job;
- medical treatment beyond first aid;
- loss of consciousness; or
- a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional
- or one or more of the following cases:
- work-related needlestick injuries and cuts from sharp objects that are contaminated with another person's blood or other potentially infectious material (Section 1904.8);
- if an employee is medically removed under the medical surveillance requirements of an OSHA standard (Section 1904.9);
- if an employee's hearing test (audiogram) reveals that the employee has experienced a work-related Standard Threshold Shift (STS) in hearing in one or both ears, and the employee's total hearing level is 25 decibels (dB) or more above audiometric zero (averaged at 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz) in the same ear(s) as the STS (Section 1904.10); or
- if an employee has been occupationally exposed to anyone with a known case of active tuberculosis (TB), and that employee subsequently develops a tuberculosis infection, as evidenced by a positive skin test or diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional (Section 1904.11).
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1-3. Which of the following injuries should be recorded in the OSHA 300 Log?
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