Tuberculosis Reporting Criteria
If any of your employees has an occupational exposure 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, you must record the case on the OSHA 300 Log by checking the "respiratory condition" column ((M)(3)).
Record TB as a respiratory disease.
Do not record a pre-employment positive skin test because the exposure was not in your workplace. Line out or erase a recorded case if you prove that:
- the worker lives in a household with a person diagnosed with active TB;
- the Public Health Department identifies the worker as a contact of an individual with a case of active TB unrelated to the workplace; or
- a medical investigation shows that the employee's infection was caused by exposure to TB away from work, or proves that the case was not related to the workplace TB exposure.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-9. A recordable case of tuberculosis (TB) is recorded on the OSHA 300 Log as _____.
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