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708 OSHA Recordkeeping Basics - Recording Criteria
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Medical Removal Recording Criteria

If another OSHA standard requires the medical removal of an employee, you must record the case on the OSHA 300 Log.

Woman with injuries
Record a medical removal case as involving days away from work or restricted work activity.
  • You must enter each medical removal case on the OSHA 300 Log as either a case involving days away from work (Column H) or restricted work activity (Column I), depending on how you decide to comply with the medical removal requirement.
  • If the medical removal is the result of a chemical exposure, you must enter the case on the OSHA 300 Log by checking the injury as a poisoning (Column (M)(4)).
  • If the case involves voluntary medical removal before reaching the medical removal levels required by an OSHA standard, do not record the case on the OSHA 300 Log.

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

4-7. You must enter each medical removal case on the OSHA 300 Log as a case involving _____.