Indiana Reporting Injuries and Illnesses Checklist

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In most cases, that means recordable workplace incidents need to be reported, frequently within hours. Fatalities must be reported to OSHA within 8 hours. Serious injuries must be reported to OSHA within 24 hours.

How does OSHA define a recordable injury or illness? Any work-related fatality. Any work-related injury or illness that results in loss of consciousness, days away from work, restricted work, or transfer to another job. Any work-related injury or illness requiring medical treatment beyond first aid.

The OSHA 300 Log requires employers to check one of 6 boxes to categorize the injury/illness: (1) injury (2) skin disorder (3) respiratory condition (4) poisoning (5) hearing loss (6) all other illnesses. There are spaces to record days of job transfer or work restriction, as well as days away from work.

The Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses (Form 300) is required by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to classify work-related injuries and illnesses and to record the extent and severity of each case. Employers are required to complete the OSHA Form 300 log unless they are exempt.

All employers are required to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. A fatality must be reported within 8 hours. An in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss must be reported within 24 hours.

You must consider an injury or illness to meet the general recording criteria, and therefore to be recordable, if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness.

There are four groups of OSHA standards: General Industry, Construction, Maritime, and Agriculture. (General Industry is the set that applies to the largest number of workers and worksites). These standards are designed to protect workers from a wide range of hazards.

A case is OSHA recordable if it involves medical treatment beyond First Aid or diagnosis of a significant injury or illness.

Injuries that do not require medical treatment beyond first aid are generally not recordable. The OSH Act defines first aid to include the following: Using a nonprescription medication at nonprescription strength.

Anytime a workplace injury or illness results one or more of the following situations, the injury is automatically classified as a recordable.Death.Days away from work.Restricted work or transfer to another job.Loss of consciousness.

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