https://www.isitrecordable.com/Free, plain-English answers to real OSHA recordkeeping scenarioshttps://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q231-spilled-tea/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q231-spilled-tea/Wed, 19 Oct 2022 12:00:00 +0000Two employees collide into each other while walking at work. One employee gets hot tea spilled on their arm. The employee sees a doctor and is cleared…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q007-parking-lot/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q007-parking-lot/Sun, 21 Nov 2021 12:00:00 +0000The employee was walking up the stairs at work and felt a snap in their leg. The employee was not carrying anything work-related and was doing nothing…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q002-parking-ramp/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q002-parking-ramp/Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee gets out of her vehicle after driving to work at the start of the day. She parks in a parking garage that is co-owned by her employer and…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q230-away-for-training/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q230-away-for-training/Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee travels to a third-party training session for one week where the employer is not supervising the employee. During the training, the…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q229-reportable-twice/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q229-reportable-twice/Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee is seriously injured at work and is admitted to a hospital. The employer reports the in-patient hospitalization to OSHA within the required…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q228-insidious-splinter/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q228-insidious-splinter/Sun, 17 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000On the weekend, at home, an employee received a splinter in his hand while building a wooden loft bed for his daughter. He removed the splinter but a…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q227-copper-theft/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q227-copper-theft/Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000A man and his son break into a substation in the middle of the night to steal copper. They cut an energized cable and an arc flash badly burns both the…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q226-off-shore-drilling/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q226-off-shore-drilling/Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000A Honduran mobile off-shore drilling unit is operating within the US coastal waters. If an employee is injured and receives medical treatment, work…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q225-jalapeño-surprise/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q225-jalapeño-surprise/Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000On his lunch break, an employee is preparing his lunch. His sandwich is almost complete but he remembers he brought some frozen jalapenos from his…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q224-foreign-flag-vessel/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q224-foreign-flag-vessel/Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000A US citizen working on a foreign flag vessel during a storm, slips and hits his head on a bulkhead. He receives 12 stitches. Is it recordable?https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q223-owner-son/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q223-owner-son/Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000The owner of a small 8-person business brings his 17 year old son to work to begin training him how to run the company. The two get into a fight and…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q222-lego/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q222-lego/Sun, 03 Oct 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee's child put a Lego in the wind breaker of an employee. While the employee has the jacket hanging on their arm the Lego falls out on the…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q221-company-bus/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q221-company-bus/Sun, 26 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000Employees travel to their normal workplace, a remote production site in a mountainous region, in a company-provided bus from a nearby community. The…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q220-out-of-town-meeting/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q220-out-of-town-meeting/Sun, 26 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee traveled out of town to attend a 2-hour meeting at the direction of his supervisor. The employee arrived the evening before and stayed at a…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q219-outburst/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q219-outburst/Sun, 26 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employees discovers that the company is planning to lay him off at the end of the month. He storms into the breakroom and in an emotional rage, he…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q218-tool-thief/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q218-tool-thief/Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000After clocking out for the day, the employee is walking to their vehicle in the employer-maintained lot. A heavy tool they tucked into their belt,…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q217-popcorn/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q217-popcorn/Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000While serving popcorn on behalf of the company to visitors, one visitor comments there is too much salt on the popcorn. The employee begins sampling…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q216-semi-rigid-splint/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q216-semi-rigid-splint/Sun, 19 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee is injured and is provided a splint with semi-rigid stays by a doctor as treatment. Is it recordable?https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q215-rigid-splint/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q215-rigid-splint/Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000While descending a flight of stairs at work, an employee misses the last step and falls to the floor. During a break, the employee walks to a local…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q214-homemade-stitches/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q214-homemade-stitches/Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee cuts their arm while opening a box at work. They self-administer stitches and later are directed to visit the doctor. The doctor opines…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q213-contract-employee/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q213-contract-employee/Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000A long-term contract employee, responsible for repairing/maintaining equipment, gets his foot crushed under a large piece of equipment at work and has…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q212-soft-tissue-massage/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q212-soft-tissue-massage/Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000An office employee reports a pain in their neck after spending many hours at a new desk next to their supervisor. The occupational health nurse…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q211-angry-clown/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q211-angry-clown/Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000While participating in a voluntary family fun day at work, an employee gets into an altercation with a clown when he is squirted with water. As a…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q210-rescue-inhaler/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q210-rescue-inhaler/Sun, 05 Sep 2021 12:00:00 +0000While welcoming a guest to the office and escorting them in the elevator, an employee is exposed to heavy perfume. The employee has non-occupational…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q209-bird-bomb/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q209-bird-bomb/Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000While hauling a bag of trash out to the dumpster an employee was struck in the eye by a Magpie and suffered a corneal abrasion. A doctor provided an…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q208-dancing/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q208-dancing/Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee was dancing in her office after being informed of a promotion. As a result of an overzealous twirl, she tripped and fractured her arm when…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q207-buttering-toast/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q207-buttering-toast/Sun, 29 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee was spreading butter on a piece of toast as a snack for work. The butter knife slipped and stabbed the webbing between the index and middle…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q206-two-medical-opinions/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q206-two-medical-opinions/Sun, 22 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee is stung on their neck by an unknown insect and the on-site nurse observes that the employee is not having a serious reaction and provides…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q205-milk-crate-challenge/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q205-milk-crate-challenge/Sun, 22 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000On their lunch breaks, warehouse employees set up a milk crate challenge. The challenge involves stacking milk crates to create a staircase up and down…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q204-swallowed-bee/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q204-swallowed-bee/Sun, 22 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000A bee flew into the mouth of a maintenance employee who was mowing the grass. The bee became lodged in the employee's throat and stung him. The…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q203-lava-lamp/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q203-lava-lamp/Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000Employees in a shop were heating a lava lamp with a torch when the lamp exploded. Glass shrapnel injured an employee's eye, resulting in a loss of his…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q202-golfing/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q202-golfing/Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000A CEO is meeting with a potential investor at a golf course. While golfing, the CEO became frustrated and he struck a bench with his golf club. The…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q201-holy-cow/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q201-holy-cow/Sun, 15 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee was waking up in the morning to prepare to go to work when a cow fell through his ceiling and crushed him to death. His house was on a hill…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q200-testing-unbreakable-glass/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q200-testing-unbreakable-glass/Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000A maintenance employee fell to his death when he threw himself against a window on the 28th floor of a skyscraper. He was demonstrating to a group of…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q199-atomic-wedgie/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q199-atomic-wedgie/Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee dies after receiving an atomic wedgie from his coworker during a disagreement about how to properly use a piece of equipment. The cause of…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q198-carving-a-stick/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q198-carving-a-stick/Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee is sitting outside at a worksite on their lunchbreak. Using their own folding knife, the begin carving a stick. The knife slips and injures…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q197-cacti-oh-my/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q197-cacti-oh-my/Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An inexperienced employee was using a piece of heavy machinery to push dirt and clear vegetation at a worksite was severely injured when a large cactus…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q196-drinking-fluids-for-heat-stress/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q196-drinking-fluids-for-heat-stress/Sun, 08 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee experiences heat stress while working outside on a hot day. His supervisor sends him to the occupational health nurse who instructs him to…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q195-eye-patch/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q195-eye-patch/Mon, 02 Aug 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee splashed diluted chemical in her eye and immediately washed it out at an emergency eye wash. She sees a doctor and the doctor found no…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q194-late-report/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q194-late-report/Sun, 25 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000The manager discovers that a former employee who voluntarily separated from the company 5 years ago had a recordable injury. Is it recordable?https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q193-after-hours-club/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q193-after-hours-club/Sun, 18 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000A group of employees start a game club and meet in the office space at work to play board games. The company has provided approval for the club. While…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q192-food-poisoning/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q192-food-poisoning/Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000To celebrate the dedicated service of a 40-year employee, the CEO takes him and his team out for lunch at a restaurant. The entire team gets food…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q191-newt/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q191-newt/Sun, 04 Jul 2021 12:00:00 +0000During a bring your pet to work day, one employee brought a pet newt to the office. Another employee later swallowed the newt on a dare from his…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q190-dishonest-employee/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q190-dishonest-employee/Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000An employee set to retire within a year reported that he injured a shoulder while lifting a piece of equipment. The employee receives shoulder surgery…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q189-protest/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q189-protest/Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000During the workday, an employee notices a political protest on the street and they walk outside to observe. The protest turns violent and the employee…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q188-giant-squid/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q188-giant-squid/Sun, 27 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000At the end of the workday, prior to clocking out, an employee hears screams for help coming from a nearby beach. He goes to investigate and sees a…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q187-face-infection/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q187-face-infection/Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000An emergency response worker must wear a respirator and cuts himself while shaving. The respirator irritates the cut after prolonged usage and he…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q186-shopping-cart/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q186-shopping-cart/Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000Two employees are tasked with driving to Staples to replenish some office supplies. While pulling into the large empty parking lot, they spot a stray…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q185-bring-your-pet-to-work-2/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q185-bring-your-pet-to-work-2/Sun, 20 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000During a bring your pet to work day, one employee brought a pet hamster to the office. The hamster bit his ear while he was showing him off and later…https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q184-bring-your-pet-to-work/https://www.isitrecordable.com/scenarios/q184-bring-your-pet-to-work/Sun, 13 Jun 2021 12:00:00 +0000During a bring your pet to work day, one employee brought a pet python to his office. After not seeing the employee for most of the day, his coworkers…