2. Days Away From Work
When an injury or illness involves one or more days away from work, place a checkmark in column (H) of the OSHA 300 Log and enter the number of calendar days away from work in column (K).
Start recording days away from work the day after the injury.
- If the employee is out for an extended period of time, enter an estimate of the days the employee will be away and update the day count when the actual number of days is known.
- Start counting days away on the day after the injury occurred or the illness began.
- End the count of days away from work on the date the physician or other licensed health care professional recommends that the employee return to work. This applies regardless of whether the employee returns earlier or later than recommended. If there is no recommendation from the physician or licensed health care professional, enter the actual number of days the employee is off work.
- Count the number of calendar days the employee was unable to work as a result of the injury or illness, regardless of whether the employee was scheduled to work on those day(s). Include weekend days, holidays, vacation days or other days off in the total number of days recorded if the employee would not have been able to work on those days because of a work-related injury or illness.
- Stop tracking the number of calendar days away from work once the total reaches 180 days away from work and/or days of job transfer or restriction. Entering 180 in the total days away column is adequate.
- If the employee leaves your company for a reason unrelated to the injury or illness such as; retirement, a plant closing, or to take another job you may stop counting days away from work or days of restriction/job transfer. If the employee leaves your company because of the injury or illness, you must estimate the total number of days away or days of restriction/job transfer and enter the day count in column (L).
- Enter the number of calendar days away for the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log that you prepare for the year in which the incident occurred. If the days away extend into a new year, estimate the number of days for that year and add that amount to the days from the year of occurrence. Do not split the days between years and enter amounts on the logs for two different years. Use this number to calculate the total for the annual summary and then update the initial log entry later when the day count is known or reaches the 180-day cap.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-2. You may stop tracking the number of days away from work on the OSHA 300 Log _____.
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