Is It Recordable?OSHA recordkeeping scenarios
232 real-world and hypothetical workplace injury and illness scenarios, each answered with the OSHA rule or letter of interpretation that applies.
Spilled tea
Two employees collide into each other while walking at work. One employee gets hot tea spilled on their arm. The employee sees a doctor…
Not recordableAway For Training
An employee travels to a third-party training session for one week where the employer is not supervising the employee. During the…
RecordableReportable Twice?
An employee is seriously injured at work and is admitted to a hospital. The employer reports the in-patient hospitalization to OSHA…
Not recordableInsidious Splinter
On the weekend, at home, an employee received a splinter in his hand while building a wooden loft bed for his daughter. He removed the…
RecordableCopper Theft
A 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…
Not recordableOff-Shore Drilling
A Honduran mobile off-shore drilling unit is operating within the US coastal waters. If an employee is injured and receives medical…
Not recordableJalapeño Surprise
On his lunch break, an employee is preparing his lunch. His sandwich is almost complete but he remembers he brought some frozen…
RecordableForeign Flag Vessel
A 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…
Not recordableOwner & Son
The 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…
Not recordableLego
An 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…
RecordableCompany Bus
Employees travel to their normal workplace, a remote production site in a mountainous region, in a company-provided bus from a nearby…
RecordableOut of Town Meeting
An employee traveled out of town to attend a 2-hour meeting at the direction of his supervisor. The employee arrived the evening before…
Not recordableOutburst
An 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…
RecordableTool Thief
After clocking out for the day, the employee is walking to their vehicle in the employer-maintained lot. A heavy tool they tucked into…
RecordablePopcorn
While serving popcorn on behalf of the company to visitors, one visitor comments there is too much salt on the popcorn. The employee…
RecordableSemi-Rigid Splint
An employee is injured and is provided a splint with semi-rigid stays by a doctor as treatment. Is it recordable?
RecordableRigid Splint
While descending a flight of stairs at work, an employee misses the last step and falls to the floor. During a break, the employee walks…
Not recordableHomemade Stitches
An employee cuts their arm while opening a box at work. They self-administer stitches and later are directed to visit the doctor. The…
Not recordableContract Employee
A long-term contract employee, responsible for repairing/maintaining equipment, gets his foot crushed under a large piece of equipment…
Not recordableSoft Tissue Massage
An office employee reports a pain in their neck after spending many hours at a new desk next to their supervisor. The occupational…
Not recordableAngry Clown
While participating in a voluntary family fun day at work, an employee gets into an altercation with a clown when he is squirted with…
Not recordableRescue Inhaler
While welcoming a guest to the office and escorting them in the elevator, an employee is exposed to heavy perfume. The employee has…
RecordableBird Bomb
While 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…
RecordableDancing
An employee was dancing in her office after being informed of a promotion. As a result of an overzealous twirl, she tripped and…
RecordableButtering Toast
An employee was spreading butter on a piece of toast as a snack for work. The butter knife slipped and stabbed the webbing between the…
Not recordableTwo Medical Opinions
An employee is stung on their neck by an unknown insect and the on-site nurse observes that the employee is not having a serious…
RecordableMilk Crate Challenge
On their lunch breaks, warehouse employees set up a milk crate challenge. The challenge involves stacking milk crates to create a…
RecordableSwallowed Bee
A 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…
Not recordableLava Lamp
Employees in a shop were heating a lava lamp with a torch when the lamp exploded. Glass shrapnel injured an employee's eye, resulting in…
RecordableGolfing
A CEO is meeting with a potential investor at a golf course. While golfing, the CEO became frustrated and he struck a bench with his…
RecordableHoly Cow
An 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…
Not recordableTesting Unbreakable Glass
A maintenance employee fell to his death when he threw himself against a window on the 28th floor of a skyscraper. He was demonstrating…
RecordableAtomic Wedgie
An employee dies after receiving an atomic wedgie from his coworker during a disagreement about how to properly use a piece of…
RecordableCarving a Stick
An employee is sitting outside at a worksite on their lunchbreak. Using their own folding knife, the begin carving a stick. The knife…
RecordableCacti, Oh My!
An inexperienced employee was using a piece of heavy machinery to push dirt and clear vegetation at a worksite was severely injured when…
RecordableDrinking Fluids for Heat Stress
An employee experiences heat stress while working outside on a hot day. His supervisor sends him to the occupational health nurse who…
Not recordableEye Patch
An employee splashed diluted chemical in her eye and immediately washed it out at an emergency eye wash. She sees a doctor and the…
Not recordableLate Report
The manager discovers that a former employee who voluntarily separated from the company 5 years ago had a recordable injury. Is it…
RecordableAfter Hours Club
A 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…
Not recordableFood Poisoning
To 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…
RecordableNewt
During 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…
RecordableDishonest Employee
An employee set to retire within a year reported that he injured a shoulder while lifting a piece of equipment. The employee receives…
Not recordableProtest
During the workday, an employee notices a political protest on the street and they walk outside to observe. The protest turns violent…
RecordableGiant Squid
At the end of the workday, prior to clocking out, an employee hears screams for help coming from a nearby beach. He goes to investigate…
Not recordableFace Infection
An emergency response worker must wear a respirator and cuts himself while shaving. The respirator irritates the cut after prolonged…
RecordableShopping Cart
Two employees are tasked with driving to Staples to replenish some office supplies. While pulling into the large empty parking lot, they…
RecordableBring Your Pet to Work 2
During 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…
RecordableBring Your Pet to Work
During 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,…
RecordableFlashlight
While investigating a power outage in the dark basement at work, the employee placed a flashlight in their mouth to remain hands-free.…
RecordableDeath By Dessert
An employee attending a colleague's birthday party at work ate 18 servings of his favorite dessert and dies. Is it recordable?
Not recordableRobot Murder
An employee working in a manufacturing facility with industrial robots forgot to fully turn off a malfunctioning robot he was fixing.…
RecordableBeer Flood
Huge vats of beer ruptured and rushed into the street where an employee was conducting a survey. The beer swept the employee away…
RecordableICD (Implanted Cardiac Defibrillator)
An employee has an ICD (implanted cardiac defibrillator) and was vacuuming alone at work. He collapsed. His ICD kicked in and roused…
RecordableBlue Ice
A large chunk of frozen sewage material known as blue ice detaches from an airplane midflight and strikes a moving vehicle on a highway.…
RecordableFalling Boiler
An explosion launched a car-sized boiler through the roof of a company across the street from where an employee was working in an…
RecordableExploding Cell Phone
An employee was working outside on a hot sunny day and left their cell phone on the dashboard of their work vehicle. They retrieved…
RecordableBird Dookie
An employee was performing maintenance outside the building and heard a squawk. After looking up into a tree to investigate the sound, a…
RecordableSafety Celebration
During a company-sponsored luncheon to celebrate excellent safety performance, 17 employees suffered from food poisoning and were…
RecordableStudent Injury
A student at a university slips in a classroom while attempting to retrieve a piece of glassware from a cabinet. They break their arm.…
Not recordableWheelchair Transition
An employee who is paralyzed from the waist down parks in the company parking lot at the start of the day. While transitioning from his…
RecordableCOVID Vaccine Injury
An employee is heavily pressured by their employer to get the COVID19 vaccine. As a result of the vaccine, the employee experienced a…
RecordableWalking Normally
An employee was walking down the hall and remembered he left something behind in a meeting room. While pivoting on the tile floor, his…
RecordableCactus Mishap
An employee was handing a fuel receipt to their supervisor on a windy day and it blew out of their hands and into vegetation by the side…
RecordableVacuumed Finger
While vacuuming the office, an employee noticed the vacuum didn't appear to be working well and used their hand to feel for suction. The…
RecordableCurry Disaster
A short employee was heating up curry in the microwave, which was placed on top of an extremely high fridge. While reaching up to remove…
Not recordablePetting a Bee
Employees working outside during a lunch break dare another employee to pet a bumble bee. The employee is stung by the bee and begins…
RecordablePushup Fail
During a lunch break in the employee break room, some employees challenge their fellow employee to clap between doing pushups. The suit…
RecordableKicking a Balloon
An employee stops by a company office birthday party during regular work hours to grab some snacks. While attempting to kick a balloon…
RecordableWalking With Binoculars
Two employees are surveying power lines for vegetation overgrowth. While goofing around, an employee begins walking while looking…
RecordableCockroach Battle
An employee was trying to kill a cockroach by squishing it on a thick rug paper towel but it would not die. The employee picked it up…
RecordableMind Your Head
An employee injured their head on a "mind your head" sign that was installed by the safety team. The injury resulted in stitches. Is it…
RecordableStrong Sneeze
An employee was in his office and sneezed. The sneeze significantly aggravated a pre-exiting back injury and a doctor recommended the…
RecordablePunched Self in Face
An employee was attempting to adjust their bra when their hand slipped and struck their mouth. As a result, they knocked a tooth loose.…
RecordableRetires After Injury
An employee slips on ice at work and strikes their elbow on the pavement. At the time of the injury, a licensed health care professional…
RecordableShart
An employee was sitting at a desk completing computer-based training using headphones. In the employee's words: "I was trying to fart…
RecordableInjury From 6 Years Prior
A long-term employee reports they were injured 6 years ago while at work, which resulted in surgery. The employee was afraid to report…
Not recordableThief Pursuit
A thief is spotted stealing materials from a yard. An employee gives chase and after several minutes of pursuit far outside of company…
RecordableRestroom Injury
An employee is hiding in the restroom from a micromanaging supervisor. While standing on a toilet to hide her feet, she slips and hits…
RecordableRecording a Safety Video
While recording a safety video an employee stands up on a rolling office chair, falls and breaks an arm. The video was intended to…
RecordableSevered Ear
While riding in an ATV through a worksite an employee loses control of the vehicle while turning on loose gravel and rolls into a ditch.…
RecordableScissor Accident
An employee is assembling flexible photovoltaic solar cell products in a manufacturing facility. While holding up a long sheet of…
RecordableSharp Rebar
An employee is walking through a construction site and catches his forehead just under his hard hat on a protruding piece of rebar. He…
Not recordableHammered Thumb
An employee working on a construction site smashes his thumb with a hammer while attempting to drive a nail into a board. The employee…
Not recordableClocked Out & Improperly Dressed
A shop supervisor removes his steel-toed boots and other PPE at the end of the workday and clocks out. He heads to exit the workplace to…
RecordableLight Restrictions
A mechanic is injured and receives work restrictions so the employer has him complete his normal annual online training for the duration…
RecordableEmployee Eats a Spider
During a safety tailboard meeting at the beginning of the day, a lineman sees a spider on a pole. To show off, he grabs the spider and,…
RecordableInjured Outside of the Workplace
At a construction site, a worker needs water to mix cement. He leaves the worksite with a 5 gallon bucket and up to a 3rd party’s…
RecordableOffsite Lunch
An employee is off the worksite for lunch and has an incident that results in medical treatment beyond first aid. Is it recordable?
Not recordableFrost Bite
An employee arrives to work in half a foot of snow in subzero temps. As he quickly makes his way into the warm building, he drops his…
RecordableRaging Employee
After receiving the announcement his workplace was scheduled to be downsized, an employee became upset and punched a cabinet with his…
RecordableDouble Whammy
A shop worker breaks a fingernail loading a lightweight cardboard box into a truck cab. As he clips his nail, a piece flies up into his…
RecordableBamboo Flooring
An employee was tasked with picking up bamboo flooring for a remodeling project of a new office space. The employee picked up the bamboo…
RecordableLoud Noise
An employee was standing by machinery when a high pressure tank ruptured making a loud sound. The employee did not have his hearing…
RecordableCoffee Break (Gas Station)
While driving from one worksite to another, a safety supervisor stops to get coffee at a gas station. The gas station is within a…
RecordableInjured Insurance Broker
An insurance broker pulled a muscle while lifting boxes in the office. A doctor issued prescription muscle relaxers. Is it recordable?
Not recordableAfter-Hours Incident
Late one night an employee realizes he left an anniversary gift he bought for his wife on a piece of equipment at work. He is planning…
Not recordableBEES!
Two employees are clearing vegetation behind an old warehouse that will likely be sold at an auction when they disturb a beehive. Both…
RecordableBroken Tooth
An employee hits himself in the mouth with a wrench and breaks a tooth. The tooth is artificial and requires a dentist to glue it back…
Not recordableAichmophobia
An employer offers a financial reward of $200 to take a voluntary covid vaccine. An employee loses consciousness before the needle…
RecordableAnthrax Powder
Mail room employees are sorting boxes in a mail room. One employee tosses a box to the other and the box breaks causing a white powder…
RecordableZip Stitch
While breaking down cardboard boxes using a pocket knife, an employee cuts his arm. The occupational health nurse closes the wound using…
RecordableChemical Spill
A installation tech is installing a chemical fume hood in a lab. He decides to take a break for lunch and walk to the food court. While…
RecordableErgonomic Deficiency
An office worker develops tendonitis in his wrist and is provided medical treatment and work restrictions, resulting in a recordable…
RecordableStray Bullet
A lineman is climbing a utility pole. The employee cries out suddenly and shortly thereafter goes limp. The employee is rescued from the…
RecordableWatering Company Flowers
An office employee asks if she can plant some flowers near the entry way to the company's office, is granted permission, and months…
RecordableTurkey in an Autoclave
Lab workers conducting animal research on livestock decide to cook a turkey in an autoclave while celebrating a birthday of a coworker.…
RecordableStop the Count!
A groundskeeper who takes great pride in his work confronts a man wearing a costume of a Sesame Street character, the Count. The man was…
RecordableMysterious Allergic Reaction
An employee working as a janitor in a laboratory facility suddenly falls ill. His doctor believes it is an allergic reaction to…
RecordableUnder the Influence
In a sad attempt to promote safety at work, an employee dresses in a costume and begins recording promotional videos without explicit…
RecordableHelping a Non-Employee
An employee sees a beverage vendor vehicle stuck in the snow and ice in the company parking lot and goes out to help. While pushing the…
RecordableResponding to After-Hours Emergency
A safety manager receives a call at 1:30a regarding a serious injury that occurred to an employee during the night shift. The safety…
RecordableMonkey Bite
A macaque monkey bites an employee working in a research lab. Monkeys can be naturally infected with Cercopithecine Herpes Virus 1, also…
RecordableFingers Slammed in Car Door
An employee pulls into the company parking lot at the start of the day. They exit their vehicle and lean against the truck door frame as…
RecordableCOVID-19 Vaccine Injury
An employee receives the COVID-19 vaccine as required by their employer. Due to a negative reaction to the vaccine, they become…
RecordableCompany New Year Party
An employee participates in an optional office New Year party that was put on by the company during one afternoon of a regular workday.…
RecordableDomestic Terrorism: Explosion
An explosion does widespread damage to an entire city block. Early reports indicate the explosion was caused by an RV that was parked on…
RecordableInjured at a Customer's Home
A North Pole Inc. employee begins work delivering presents. He takes a break from delivering presents to eat some milk and cookies.…
RecordableReinfected with New COVID-19 Strain
An employee who previously had a recordable by contracting COVID-19 at work from a coworker is reinfected with a new coronavirus…
RecordableHackers Cause a Fire
Hackers manage to overload a computer and start a fire inside an office space. One employee receives oxygen for smoke inhalation and a…
RecordableCOVID-19 Hospitalization
An employee is hospitalized for COVID-19 after he begins feeling ill at work. No one else in the office has tested positive for…
Not recordableFace Mask Skin Infection
An employee required to wear a mask develops a fungal infection on his skin around his mouth. A doctor prescribes ketoconazole, a…
RecordableElectrocuted in Home Office
An employee is installing an overhead light fixture in their new home office after being instructed to work from home full time by their…
Not recordableStruck by Lightning Working From Home
An employee is working from a home office due to a pandemic. Every morning they take a 15 minute walk to buy a coffee from a local shop.…
RecordableContact Lens Eye Injury
An employee working in a fabrication shop gets an iron filing behind his contact lens and receives antibiotics as part of the treatment…
RecordableInjured at Home During Conference Call
An employee is working from home and attending a conference call on a cell phone. While participating on the call, he trips and falls…
RecordableExempted Industry: Eye Loss
A company from an OSHA recordkeeping exempt industry has two employees injured when some shelving fails and causes boxes to fall. One…
Not recordableLess than 10 Employees
A company with a total of 5 employees has one employee who is stung by a bee while eating his lunch outside and loses consciousness. He…
Not recordableDrunk at Work
An employee notices his heavy metal tool cabinet begin to tip over and attempts to stop it from falling. He is unable to hold the weight…
RecordableMental Illness
An employee begins having panic attacks and extreme anxiety at work. He visits a psychiatrist and is provided prescription anti-anxiety…
Not recordableMAYHEM
Employee A is assigned to the role of grilling hamburgers and hotdogs during a summer workday luncheon. While attempting to scrape the…
Metal Brace
An employee jams his finger at his workstation. He is evaluated by the site nurse who places the finger in a metal split and tapes it.…
RecordableActive Release Technique
An automotive seat assembler develops tendonitis in his left elbow after refusing to follow the job rotation schedule and working the…
Not recordableUnauthorized Chair
An office employee brings a hanging cloth chair to the workplace and installs it himself. The chair was not approved by management and…
RecordableEmployee Fistfight
Two employees arguing over how to best complete a job come to blows. One employee is knocked unconscious. Is it recordable?
RecordableJoint Manipulation
An office employee wearing flip flops gets their toe jammed underneath the restroom door and falls down, twisting their knee and hip…
RecordableDamage to Braces
An employee is using an old hammer to bend a piece of sharp metal that is protruding from an old cement wall. The head of the hammer…
Not recordableCompany Gym Injury
An employee is using the company gym during his lunch break when he accidently drops a 15lb dumbbell on his toes. He is seen at a clinic…
Not recordable"Struck By" Foot Injury
A 15lb piece of sheet metal falls four feet from a machine platform onto the foot of a machinist. He is seen by a nurse practitioner at…
Not recordableBlood Test
An employee is working at a chemical manufacturing facility and begins having difficulty breathing. He is seen by a doctor who decides…
Not recordableHeart Attack After an Incident
An employee enters a trench and becomes buried after the wall of the trench collapses. He is rescued quickly seems to be fine but is…
RecordableTrigger Point Injections
An employee trips and falls over his own feet while walking down a hallway. He is concerned he injured himself and goes to a clinic for…
RecordablePrescription Meds for Diagnostics
An employee is pushing/guiding an 8 foot section of plastic pipe that is being moved with a crane when the sling fails and whips the…
Not recordableWildfire Smoke Inhalation
Employees working in an office downwind from major forest fires can smell the smoke in the office. After several days, one employee…
RecordableSand in Eye
An employee at a foundry works with sand molding to produce cast iron parts. The environment can be dusty and sand can fly at times due…
RecordableOff-the-Job Injury at the Jobsite
A construction company is performing renovations on the south end of a college football stadium. The project is scheduled to last one…
Not recordableChange in Business Ownership
A small oil refining company is purchased by a larger refining company. As a part of the deal, the small refining company’s crude…
RecordableSent Home, is it Lost Time?
Joe works for a company that gives employees the option of working from home or in an office. Joe likes going into the office for the…
Not recordableHammer Meet Thumb
An employee is building crates for a warehouse and strikes his thumb with a hammer. The thumb is contused, and a couple days later, the…
Not recordableInjured Nose
An employee using the restroom on break is struck by the stall door when a co-worker was unaware the stall was occupied. The door…
Not recordableTerminated Injured Employee
A line crew at a utility company are dispatched to replace a damaged power pole. The new pole was successfully placed and two linemen…
RecordableHorseplay
In a warehouse, during a lunch break, two employees are participating in an online viral challenge where a person drops a piece of paper…
RecordableBack Muscle Strain
Early in the work week, an employee alleges tightness and mild pain in his back after pushing a heavy cart in a warehouse. The employee…
Not recordableHernia
An employee alleges sharp stomach pain after struggling with a heavy lift on the job. The employee is evaluated by an occupational…
RecordableFractured Ribs
A truck driver hauling heavy freight experiences a rollover accident just before his DOT-required break. The truck driver is able to…
RecordablePunctured Ear Drum
An employee working in a rock quarry suffers a fall into rocky debris. Blood is coming from several wounds on his head, but none of the…
RecordablePlantar Fasciitis
A pipeline inspector calls his supervisor at the main office to report an injury. The pipeline inspector alleges falling into a manhole…
Not recordableTendinitis Aggravation
A Shipping/Receiving employee has been tasked with opening and handling hundreds of boxes per day. After a full week of performing this…
RecordableWorker Produces Fewer Goods or Services
An employee disturbs an anthill while installing a pole into the ground for testing weather resistance for a new solar panel…
Not recordableRestricted Work During Scheduled Time Off
An employee is working in the field under a rotational shiftwork schedule where he works 16 hour days for one full week and then gets…
RecordableBlack Widow
A group of employees are cleaning out a neglected warehouse for a new project at work. Suddenly one employee screams out in pain…
RecordableThorn Prick
A maintenance employee is doing some of his regular landscaping duties around the edge of a company’s property trimming bushes. Some of…
RecordablePipeline Explosion (at a small business)
A pipeline inspection company is hired for some work on an existing line. All five of the company’s inspectors are contributing to the…
RecordablePainter Fall (at a small business)
A small subcontracting company of three employees is painting on a job site. One painter falls from a ladder while painting and breaks…
Not recordableKnee Sprain
An employee trips and falls at work. On the way down, his knee twists awkwardly, and he is in pain. He is seen by a doctor at an urgent…
RecordableDislocated Finger
An employee dislocates a finger while working on the job. The onsite nurse puts the finger back in place and accompanies the employee to…
RecordableStepped on Toy Working From Home
An employee injured her ankle while working from home due to the pandemic. Her employer directed her to work from home, along with all…
Not recordableCompany Ski Trip
On a business trip, a company approves a day of snow skiing as company entertainment while in the mountains. The employees on the trip…
RecordableBreak Room Slip
An employee enters the company break room during normal working hours and slips in a puddle of water that was present from a leaky…
RecordableCompany BBQ
During normal working hours on a Friday, an oil/gas equipment company is taking time to celebrate an achievement by having a BBQ…
Not recordableCorporate Apartment Laceration
An employee is traveling for work and stays at a corporate apartment. After work one evening, the employee cooks dinner for herself.…
Not recordableForklift Parking Lot Accident
A forklift is exiting the company parking lot at the same time an employee is turning into the parking lot in his personal vehicle to…
Not recordableIntentional Forklift Accident
A disgruntled employee intentionally wrecks a forklift to get hurt on the job. The incident results in a fractured arm. Is it recordable?
Not recordableLight Duty
An employee claims wrist pain due to assembly work at an automotive plant. She is seen at an occ health clinic where a doctor prescribes…
RecordableHeart Failure
John Henry was an employee for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. He was known as the best hand on the job for his great strength and…
RecordableHeart Attack
An employee feels pain in his chest while at his workstation. He suddenly faints and falls to the floor. Members from the first aid team…
Not recordableLoss of an Eye
At work, an employee removes his safety glass with his grinding wheel running. At that precise moment, the grinding wheel starts to…
RecordableLoss of Vision
An employee is sprayed in the face with a chemical and immediately loses vision. A co-worker rushes him over to the eyewash station…
Not recordableHand Sanitizer Burn (Static)
A company’s COVID-19 contingency plan requires employees to clean their hands on a stringent basis. Antibacterial soap is made readily…
RecordableHand Sanitizer Burn (Smoking on Lunch Break)
During a lunch break, an employee uses hand sanitizer and then proceeds to light up a cigarette. As she lights her cigarette, her hand…
RecordableAudiogram Interpretation
Audiogram results from an employee are shown below. There is an average shift of 10db in the left ear. Is it recordable?
Not recordableAudiogram Retest
At the start of first shift, a manufacturing employee’s annual audiogram indicates that he has suffered a Standard Threshold Shift (STS)…
RecordableEmployee Opts to Work
An employee is involved in a vehicle accident while driving from one worksite to another during their shift. They are directed by a…
RecordableEmployee Opts to Stay Home
An employee is involved in a vehicle accident while driving from one worksite to another during their shift. They are not badly injured…
Not recordableFinger Tip Amputation
A chef at a casino cuts the tip of his left middle finger off with a knife while preparing some meat. The chef does not lose any bone…
RecordableAmputated Earlobe
On a drilling rig, an oil field employee suffers an ear laceration that has taken off the lobe of his right ear. The ear is surgically…
RecordableCracked Denture
A mechanic is working a wrench on a piece of equipment at face level. The mechanic pulls back on the wrench and it slips and strikes him…
Not recordableWarm Wax Treatment
An assembly line employee reports aching pain in his hands to the third party Occupational Health Nurse that works on site. The nurse…
Not recordableKinesiology Tape
Upon elbow pain setting in at work, a vehicle seat assembler reports the pain to her supervisor. In the First Aid Office, the site…
Not recordableTherapeutic Exercise
An employee reports minor work-related pain in their hips and the occupational health nurse provides the employee with therapeutic…
RecordableInjured During a Guided Tour
An employee returns to work on a Saturday (outside of regular working hours) with his family and several other people to participate in…
Not recordableBanking Job COVID-19 Exposure
A large bank begins educating their lobby employees on the characteristics of the COVID-19 virus. They place signs in the lobby…
RecordableCOVID-19 Self-Medication Injury
At a fish tank cleaner manufacturer, an employee insists the fish tank cleaner can act as a medication to prevent COVID-19 infection due…
Not recordableInjured After Clocking Out
An employee clocks out and walks through the building to his vehicle that is parked in the company-owned parking lot. While walking…
RecordableMetal Splinter
A machinist catches a metal splinter in his thumb while cleaning debris from his machine at work. He attempts the splinter removal, but…
Not recordableSprained Ankle
An employee trips over a pallet and suffers a sprained ankle at work. A doctor prescribes ice treatment twice per day, over-the-counter…
Not recordableLoss of Consciousness Due to Drug Usage
A heavy equipment operator is discovered unconscious and with a needle in his arm in the cab of a bulldozer located on a job site. An…
Not recordableAvulsion Injury
An administrative assistant is using a paper cutter at work and slices the pad of her middle finger tip off. At a clinic, the doctor…
Not recordableBIGFOOT
While completing a task in the woods alone, an employee is injured. The employee claims he was attacked and injured by Bigfoot before he…
RecordableInjured Welding at Home (Work-Related)
A company needs an apparatus for their operations and pays a welding employee to build the apparatus in his own home shop while he is…
RecordableDebris in Eye
An eye doctor discovers a small speck of rusted metal imbedded in an employee’s eye during a routine exam. The doctor asks the employee…
RecordableInjured While Telecommuting (Working from Home)
An employee is working from home during a pandemic after the governor declared a state of emergency. After sitting on their couch at…
RecordableInjures Tooth on Hard Candy
An employer provides candy to their employees on Halloween. One employee cracks a tooth on a piece of hard candy while on the job. Is it…
Not recordableInjured While Shaving at Work
An employee must shave his face for a respirator fit test at work. He is provided a brand new, pre-packaged razor and shaving cream, and…
Not recordableCOVID-19 (Coronavirus)
An employee becomes ill at work and is taken to a clinic for evaluation. The employee is confirmed infected with the COVID-19…
Not recordableStatus Change to Not Work-Related + Privacy Case
An employee reports groin pain after attempting a heavy lift in a warehouse. After a doctor evaluation, the employee is prescribed over…
Not recordableUse of Liquid Bandage to Close a Wound
A gust of wind blows open company doors and disturbs the ceiling tiles. The ceiling tiles are shaken so much that some begin to fall…
RecordableIf the Employer Disagrees with the Doctor, is it Recordable?
An employee is injured at work and receives a recommendation of lost time from a medical professional. The employer and employee reject…
RecordableA Contractor is Injured - to Which OSHA 300 Log Does it Belong?
A contractor working on our site cut the tip of his finger off. The contractor was prescribed antibiotics and pain medication and was…
RecordableEmployee Loses Consciousness While Voluntarily Using an N95 Respirator at Work
An employee chooses to wear an N95 respirator at work, voluntarily. After walking briskly through the office to return to his desk from…
RecordableEmployee Refuses Medical Care
An employee suffers a hand laceration on the job and refuses medical evaluation or first aid treatment. Weeks pass by and the employee…
RecordableSmoke Inhalation
A ventilation system for metal grinding operations catches fire and smoke pushes back into the facility and an employee is exposed to…
RecordableSelf-Inflicted Injury
An employee commits suicide in the workplace. Is it recordable?
Not recordableTerrorist Attack
Several employees are hospitalized and/or killed in a terrorist attack that involves the workplace. Is it recordable?
RecordableLoss of Consciousness
An employee returns to the office after a week of work-related travel. Upon entering the restroom, the employee loses consciousness.…
RecordablePre-existing Condition Aggravated by Job Duties
An employee reports wrist pain while on the job. A medical professional determines the employee was born with an abnormal bone condition…
RecordableDoctor Clears Employee but Employee Takes Time Off
An employee is involved in a vehicle accident while driving from one work site to another during their shift. They are not badly injured…
Not recordableAnxiety from Work-Related Stress
An employee suffers from stress due to hostile treatment from coworkers and provides an opinion by a qualified healthcare professional…
RecordableUncertain if Work-Related
An employee is injured at work and neither the doctor nor the employee can, with certainty, attribute the injury to the job or identify…
RecordablePlane Crash
An employee is traveling for work on a commercial airline when her plane crashes and she is seriously injured. The injuries are so…
RecordableAlternative Job Given for Work Restrictions
An employee is given work restrictions but an alternative job is provided where the restrictions won’t affect the job duties. Is it…
RecordableInjured While Donating Blood
Karen volunteers to donate blood for a company-sponsored blood drive. While inserting a needle the nurse sneezes and impales her artery.…
Not recordableDoctor Recommends Over-the-Counter Medicine at Prescription Strength
An employee is injured at work and sees a doctor. The doctor provides no treatment but recommends the employee takes over-the-counter…
RecordableAccident in Company Parking Lot During Commute
The employee was commuting to work in a vehicle. When they drove through the company-owned parking lot, they were involved in a vehicle…
Not recordableParking Lot
The 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…
Not recordableSimply Climbing Stairs
The 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…
RecordableAntibiotics Administered as a Precaution
An employee receives minor cuts and scrapes after falling into brambles at a job site. In an over-abundance of caution, a doctor prescribes…
RecordableTetanus Shot
An employee steps on a nail at work. A doctor administers a tetanus shot but does not receive any additional treatment or instructions.…
Not recordableInjured While Exiting Vehicle
In the morning, upon arrival to the company parking lot at the start of the day, an employee parks his truck. He loses his balance when…
Not recordableInjured in Parking Ramp
An employee gets out of her vehicle after driving to work at the start of the work day. She parks in a parking garage that is co-owned…
It dependsParking Ramp
An 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…
It dependsSeizure in the Workplace
An employee had a seizure at work. The worker is in his sixties and has never experienced a seizure prior to this. The worker did not…
RecordableEmployee Self-Diagnosis
If an employee diagnosis themselves with work-related cancer without an opinion from a licensed health care professional, is it recordable?
Not recordable