Is It Recordable?First aid: OSHA recordability scenarios
Is it recordable? 12 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about first aid, with answers and OSHA references.
Drinking 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 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 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 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 recordableRaging Employee
After receiving the announcement his workplace was scheduled to be downsized, an employee became upset and punched a cabinet with his…
RecordableJoint Manipulation
An office employee wearing flip flops gets their toe jammed underneath the restroom door and falls down, twisting their knee and hip…
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 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 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 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 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