Is It Recordable?Cuts & lacerations: OSHA recordability scenarios
Is it recordable? 22 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about cuts & lacerations, with answers and OSHA references.
Foreign 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 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 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 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…
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…
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 recordablePushup Fail
During a lunch break in the employee break room, some employees challenge their fellow employee to clap between doing pushups. The suit…
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…
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 recordableZip Stitch
While breaking down cardboard boxes using a pocket knife, an employee cuts his arm. The occupational health nurse closes the wound using…
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…
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.…
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 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 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 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…
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…
Recordable