Transcript Injury & Illness Recording

Injury & Illness
Recording
(Update 2005)
Marianne McGee
Forms
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Updates three recordkeeping
forms
OSHA Form 300 – Log of WorkRelated Injuries and Illnesses
 OSHA Form 301 – Injury and
Illness Incident Report
 OSHA Form 300A – Summary of
Work-Related Injuries and
Illnesses
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1904.29
Work-Relatedness
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Cases are work-related if:
An event or exposure in the work
environment either caused or
contributed to the resulting condition
 An event or exposure in the work
environment significantly
aggravated a pre-existing injury or
illness
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1904.5
Work-Related Exceptions
 Cases not work related:
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1904.5(b)(2)
Employee present as a member of the
general public
Non-work event or exposure (e.g.
asthma or diabetes)
Eating and drinking of food and
beverages
Voluntary Wellness Programs or Blood
Donations
Personal tasks outside of working
hours.
Work-Related Exceptions
 Cases not work related:
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Self grooming or self medication
Common colds and flu
Motor Vehicle Accidents:
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1904.5(b)(2)
In company parking lot/access road
On commute to or from work
Mental Illnesses
General Recording Criteria
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Requires records to include any workrelated injury or illness resulting in one
of the following:
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1904.7(a)
Death
Days away from work
Restricted work or transfer to another job
Medical treatment beyond first aid
Loss of consciousness
Diagnosis of a significant injury/illness by a
physician or other licensed health care
professional
General Recording Criteria
(continued)
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Medical treatment vs first aid
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“Light duty” or restricted work
cases
Medical
Treatment
1904.7(b)(5)
First
Aid
Day Counts
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1904.7(b)(3)
Focuses on days away or
days restricted or transferred
Count calendar days instead
of workdays
Fatalities
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All work-related fatalities must
be reported to the local OSHA
office (or 800-321-OSHA) within
8 hours.
Heart attacks included
Vehicle accidents don’t need to
be REPORTED to OSHA (but
may be recordable)
Annual Summary
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1904.32
Annual summary posted for
three months
Certification of the summary
by a company executive
Retention & Updating
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Keep current year plus previous
5 years data.
OSHA 300 Log
 OSHA 301 Supplemental Form
 Privacy Case List (If Applicable)
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During storage period, you must
update stored records.
Where to get more information:
www.osha.gov
Recordkeeping Webpage
Save the
PDF file to
your hard
drive
Use the “find” function to
search the document
Be flexible in your word choice
Prescription Medication
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee suffered a recordable
injury but the employee had a
positive drug test and was fired?
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Yes – CPL 2-0-135 Question 7-9
(when the employer conducts a drug test based on
the occurrence of an accident resulting in an injury
at work and subsequently terminates the injured
employee, the termination is related to the injury)
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee is working in the
field and is assaulted by illegal
aliens.
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Yes – CPL 2.0.135 Question 5-2
Also, use the “but for test”. But
for the fact the employee was
working, the incident would not
have occurred.
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Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee is turning a wrench and
it slips off and hits and breaks (or
cracks) a tooth.
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Yes – CPL 2-0-135 Question 7-17
page 40-41. (Work-related fractures of bones
or teeth are recognized as constituting significant
diagnoses and, if the condition is work-related, are
appropriately recorded at the time of initial diagnosis
even if the case does not involve any of the other
general recording criteria)
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee damaged a
prosthetic such as a leg or tooth.
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Yes – because medical
treatment would normally be
required to repair the prosthetic.
Would an injury be recordable if:
An employee is injured and
receives medical treatment,
 A second opinion is obtained and
states medical treatment was not
necessary?
Yes, CPL 2-0-135 Question 7-10a
page 39 (In the case of prescription medications,
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OSHA considers that medical treatment is provided
once a prescription is issued)
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employees suffers a cut and
medical glue is used in lieu of
stitches.
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Yes - CPL 2-0-135 Question 7-5
page 37 (Surgical glue is a wound closing
device. All wound closing devices except for
butterfly and steri strips are by definition "medical
treatment," because they are not included on the
first aid list)
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee dies during
surgery made necessary by a
work-related injury?
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Yes, CPL 2-00-135 Question 73, page 37. (If an employee dies as a result
of surgery or other complications following a workrelated injury or illness, the case is recordable)
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee is involved a fatal
vehicle accident in a foreign
country?
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No – Letter of Interp. 8/26/2004.
Only if the
incident is in the jurisdiction of OSHA (US, DC,
Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Outer Continental Shelf
Lands)
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee is injured at work and
the physician gives a prescription
medication but the employee does
not take the medicine?
One dose?
Yes, CPL (Once medical treatment is provided
for a work-related injury or illness, or days away
from work or work restriction have occurred, the
case is recordable. OSHA considers that medical
treatment is provided once a prescription is issued)
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee is injured at work and
the physician tells the employee to
take an over-the-counter medicine
The employee has a reaction and as
a result has to take a prescription?
Yes, but for the fact the employee
had a work-related injury they would
not have taken the OTC.
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee was stung by a
bee, and due to a severe
allergic reaction the employee
carries and administers an epipen?
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Yes, “but for” the employee being in the work
environment he would not have received the sting.
Would an injury be recordable if:
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An employee is on-call and is
injured while responding.
Yes – except for one commute.
At a drill site, employee sleeps
in a trailer but would be
expected to respond to an
alarm. As soon as the alarm
sounds, work status begins.
Would an injury be recordable if:
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Volunteer fire brigade member
goes for an annual physical.
Phlebotomist is rough while
drawing blood.
The following day the ees arm
has red streaks.
The Doctor prescribes an RX.
Recordable?
Questions ??