Is It Recordable?

Eye injuries: OSHA recordability scenarios

Is it recordable? 5 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about eye injuries, with answers and OSHA references.

5 scenarios

Q209

Bird 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…

Recordable
Q203

Lava 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…

Recordable
Q175

Bird Dookie

An employee was performing maintenance outside the building and heard a squawk. After looking up into a tree to investigate the sound, a…

Recordable
Q169

Cactus 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…

Recordable
Q163

Walking With Binoculars

Two employees are surveying power lines for vegetation overgrowth. While goofing around, an employee begins walking while looking…

Recordable