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Matched Legal Cases: ['§1904', '§ 1904', '§ 1904', '§ 1904', '§ 1904', '§ 1904', '§ 1904', 'art 1904', '§ 1904', 'art 1904', '§ 1904', '§1904', '§1904']

Subpart C: Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria, OSHA 1904 Recordkeeping | UpCodes
1904.4 Recording criteria
1904.4(a) Basic requirement
1904.4(b) Implementation
1904.4(b)(1) What sections of this rule describe recording criteria for recording work-related injuries and illnesses?
1904.4(b)(2) How do I decide whether a particular injury or illness is recordable?
1904.5 Determination of work-relatedness
1904.5(a) Basic requirement
1904.5(b) Implementation
1904.5(b)(1) What is the "work environment"?
1904.5(b)(2) Are there situations where an injury or illness occurs in the work environment and is not considered work-related?
1904.5(b)(3) How do I handle a case if it is not obvious whether the precipitating event or exposure occurred in the work environment or occurred away from work?
1904.5(b)(4) How do I know if an event or exposure in the work environment "significantly aggravated" a preexisting injury or illness?
1904.5(b)(5) Which injuries and illnesses are considered pre-existing conditions?
1904.5(b)(6) How do I decide whether an injury or illness is work-related if the employee is on travel status at the time the injury or illness occurs?
1904.5(b)(7) How do I decide if a case is work-related when the employee is working at home?
1904.6 Determination of new cases
1904.6(a) Basic requirement
1904.6(b) Implementation
1904.6(b)(1) When an employee experiences the signs or symptoms of a chronic work-related illness, do I need to consider each recurrence of signs or symptoms to be a new case?
1904.6(b)(2) When an employee experiences the signs or symptoms of an injury or illness as a result of an event or exposure in the workplace, such as an episode of occupational asthma, must I treat the episode as a new case?
1904.7(a) Basic requirement
1904.7(b) Implementation
1904.7(b)(1) How do I decide if a case meets one or more of the general recording criteria?
1904.7(b)(1)(i) Death
1904.7(b)(1)(ii) Days away from work
1904.7(b)(1)(iii) Restricted work or transfer to another job
1904.7(b)(1)(iv) Medical treatment beyond first aid
1904.7(b)(1)(v) Loss of consciousness
1904.7(b)(2) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in the employee's death?
1904.7(b)(3) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in days away from work?
1904.7(b)(3)(i) Do I count the day on which the injury occurred or the illness began?
1904.7(b)(3)(ii) How do I record an injury or illness when a physician or other licensed health care professional recommends that the worker stay at home but the employee comes to work anyway?
1904.7(b)(3)(iii) How do I handle a case when a physician or other licensed health care professional recommends that the worker return to work but the employee stays at home anyway?
1904.7(b)(3)(iv) How do I count weekends, holidays, or other days the employee would not have worked anyway?
1904.7(b)(3)(ix) If a case occurs in one year but results in days away during the next calendar year, do I record the case in both years?
1904.7(b)(3)(v) How do I record a case in which a worker is injured or becomes ill on a Friday and reports to work on a Monday, and was not scheduled to work on the weekend?
1904.7(b)(3)(vi) How do I record a case in which a worker is injured or becomes ill on the day before scheduled time off such as a holiday, a planned vacation, or a temporary plant closing?
1904.7(b)(3)(vii) Is there a limit to the number of days away from work I must count?
1904.7(b)(3)(viii) May I stop counting days if an employee who is away from work because of an injury or illness retires or leaves my company?
1904.7(b)(4) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in restricted work or job transfer?
1904.7(b)(4)(i) How do I decide if the injury or illness resulted in restricted work?
1904.7(b)(4)(ii) What is meant by "routine functions"?
1904.7(b)(4)(iii) Do I have to record restricted work or job transfer if it applies only to the day on which the injury occurred or the illness began?
1904.7(b)(4)(iv) If you or a physician or other licensed health care professional recommends a work restriction, is the injury or illness automatically recordable as a "restricted work" case?
1904.7(b)(4)(ix) How do I decide if an injury or illness involved a transfer to another job?
1904.7(b)(4)(v) How do I record a case where the worker works only for a partial work shift because of a work-related injury or illness?
1904.7(b)(4)(vi) If the injured or ill worker produces fewer goods or services than he or she would have produced prior to the injury or illness but otherwise performs all of the routine functions of his or her work, is the case considered a restricted work case?
1904.7(b)(4)(vii) How do I handle vague restrictions from a physician or other licensed health care professional, such as that the employee engage only in "light duty" or "take it easy for a week"?
1904.7(b)(4)(viii) What do I do if a physician or other licensed health care professional recommends a job restriction meeting OSHA's definition, but the employee does all of his or her routine job functions anyway?
1904.7(b)(5) How do I record an injury or illness that involves medical treatment beyond first aid?
1904.7(b)(5)(i) What is the definition of medical treatment?
1904.7(b)(5)(ii) What is "first aid"?
1904.7(b)(5)(iii) Are any other procedures included in first aid?
1904.7(b)(5)(iv) Does the professional status of the person providing the treatment have any effect on what is considered first aid or medical treatment?
1904.7(b)(5)(v) What if a physician or other licensed health care professional recommends medical treatment but the employee does not follow the recommendation?
1904.7(b)(6) Is every work-related injury or illness case involving a loss of consciousness recordable?
1904.7(b)(7) What is a "significant" diagnosed injury or illness that is recordable under the general criteria even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness?
1904.9 Recording criteria for cases involving medical removal under OSHA standards
1904.9(a) Basic requirement
1904.9(b) Implementation
1904.9(b)(1) How do I classify medical removal cases on the OSHA 300 Log?
1904.9(b)(2) Do all of OSHA's standards have medical removal provisions?
1904.9(b)(3) Do I have to record a case where I voluntarily removed the employee from exposure before the medical removal criteria in an OSHA standard are met?
1904.10 Recording criteria for cases involving occupational hearing loss
1904.10(a) Basic requirement
1904.10(b) Implementation
1904.10(b)(1) What is a Standard Threshold Shift?
1904.10(b)(3) May I adjust the current audiogram to reflect the effects of aging on hearing?
1904.10(b)(4) Do I have to record the hearing loss if I am going to retest the employee's hearing?
1904.10(b)(5) Are there any special rules for determining whether a hearing loss case is work-related?
1904.10(b)(6) If a physician or other licensed health care professional determines the hearing loss is not work-related, do I still need to record the case?
1904.10(b)(7) How do I complete the 300 Log for a hearing loss case?
1904.11 Recording criteria for work-related tuberculosis cases
1904.11(a) Basic requirement
1904.11(b) Implementation
1904.11(b)(1) Do I have to record, on the Log, a positive TB skin test result obtained at a pre-employment physical?
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1904.29 Forms
1904.29(a) Basic requirement
1904.29(b) Implementation
1904.29(b)(1) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 300 Log?
1904.29(b)(2) What do I need to do to complete the OSHA 301 Incident Report?
1904.29(b)(3) How quickly must each injury or illness be recorded?
1904.29(b)(4) What is an equivalent form?
1904.29(b)(5) May I keep my records on a computer?
1904.29(b)(6) Are there situations where I do not put the employee's name on the forms for privacy reasons?
1904.29(b)(7) How do I determine if an injury or illness is a privacy concern case?
1904.29(b)(8) May I classify any other types of injuries and illnesses as privacy concern cases?
1904.29(b)(9) If I have removed the employee's name, but still believe that the employee may be identified from the information on the forms, is there anything else that I can do to further protect the employee's privacy?
1904.29(b)(10) What must I do to protect employee privacy if I wish to provide access to the OSHA Forms 300 and 301 to persons other than government representatives, employees, former employees or authorized representatives?
[66 FR 6122, Jan. 19, 2001; 81 FR 91809 Dec 19, 2016; 82 FR 20548 May 3, 2017]
You must consider an injury or illness to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury or illness. Work-relatedness is presumed for injuries and illnesses resulting from events or exposures occurring in the work environment, unless an exception in §1904.5(b)(2) specifically applies
OSHA defines the work environment as "the establishment and other locations where one or more employees are working or are present as a condition of their employment. The work environment includes not only physical locations, but also the equipment or materials used by the employee during the course of his or her work."
1904.5(b)(2) You are not required to record injuries and illnesses if
(iv) The injury or illness is solely the result of an employee eating, drinking, or preparing food or drink for personal consumption (whether bought on the employer's premises or brought in). For example, if the employee is injured by choking on a sandwich while in the employer's establishment, the case would notbe considered work-related.
1904.5(b)(6) If the employee has... You may use the following to determine if an injury or illness is work-related
See § 1904.7(b)(2).
See § 1904.7(b)(3).
See § 1904.7(b)(4).
See § 1904.7(b)(5).
See § 1904.7(b)(6).
You must record an injury or illness that results in death by entering a check mark on the OSHA 300 Log in the space for cases resulting in death. You must also report any work-related fatality to OSHA within eight (8) hours, as required by § 1904.39.
You must record these injuries and illnesses on the OSHA 300 Log using the check box for cases with days away from work and enter the number of calendar days away recommended by the physician or other licensed health care professional. If a physician or other licensed health care professional recommends days away, you should encourage your employee to follow that recommendation. However, the days away must be recorded whether the injured or ill employee follows the physician or licensed health care professional's recommendation or not. If you receive recommendations from two or more physicians or other licensed health care professionals, you may make a decision as to which recommendation is the most authoritative, and record the case based upon that recommendation.
Yes, you may "cap" the total days away at 180 calendar days. You are not required to keep track of the number of calendar days away from work if the injury or illness resulted in more than 180 calendar days away from work and/or days of job transfer or restriction. In such a case, entering 180 in the total days away column will be considered adequate.
"Medical treatment" means the management and care of a patient to combat disease or disorder. For the purposes of Part 1904, medical treatment does not include:
No, OSHA considers the treatments listed in § 1904.7(b)(5)(ii) of this Part to be first aid regardless of the professional status of the person providing the treatment. Even when these treatments are provided by a physician or other licensed health care professional, they are considered first aid for the purposes of Part 1904. Similarly, OSHA considers treatment beyond first aid to be medical treatment even when it is provided by someone other than a physician or other licensed health care professional.
You must enter each medical removal case on the OSHA 300 Log as either a case involving days away from work or a case involving restricted work activity, depending on how you decide to comply with the medical removal requirement. If the medical removal is the result of a chemical exposure, you must enter the case on the OSHA 300 Log by checking the "poisoning" column.
When you enter a recordable hearing loss case on the OSHA 300 Log, you must check the 300 Log column for hearing loss. (Note: § 1904.10(b)(7) is effective beginning January 1, 2004.)
If any of your employees has been occupationally exposed to anyone with a known case of active tuberculosis (TB), and that employee subsequently develops a tuberculosis infection, as evidenced by a positive skin test or diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional, you must record the case on the OSHA 300 Log by checking the "respiratory condition" column.
[36 FR 12612, July 2, 1971, as amended at 37 FR 737, Jan. 18, 1972; 42 FR 65166, Dec. 30, 1977; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[37 FR 20822, Oct. 5, 1972; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[42 FR 38568, July 29, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 145, Jan. 5, 1982; 47 FR 14706, Apr. 6, 1982; 62 FR 44552, Aug. 22, 1997; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[47 FR 57702, Dec. 28, 1982; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[62 FR 6434, Feb. 11, 1997; 62 FR 44552, Aug. 22, 1997; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[37 FR 2439, Feb. 1, 1972, as amended at 42 FR 65166, Dec. 30, 1977; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[42 FR 65166, Dec. 30, 1977, as amended at 47 FR 145, Jan. 5, 1982; 47 FR 14706, Apr. 6, 1982; 62 FR 44552, Aug. 22, 1997; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
[37 FR 2439, Feb. 1, 1972; 66 FR 6130, Jan. 19, 2001]
Yes, if you have a "privacy concern case," you may not enter the employee's name on the OSHA 300 Log. Instead, enter "privacy case" in the space normally used for the employee's name. This will protect the privacy of the injured or ill employee when another employee, a former employee, or an authorized employee representative is provided access to the OSHA 300 Log under §1904.35(b)(2). You must keep a separate, confidential list of the case numbers and employee names for your privacy concern cases so you can update the cases and provide the information to the government if asked to do so.
Yes, if you have a reasonable basis to believe that information describing the privacy concern case may be personally identifiable even though the employee's name has been omitted, you may use discretion in describing the injury or illness on both the OSHA 300 and 301 forms. You must enter enough information to identify the cause of the incident and the general severity of the injury or illness, but you do not need to include details of an intimate or private nature. For example, a sexual assault case could be described as "injury from assault," or an injury to a reproductive organ could be described as "lower abdominal injury."
If you decide to voluntarily disclose the Forms to persons other than government representatives, employees, former employees or authorized representatives (as required by §§1904.35 and 1904.40), you must remove or hide the employees' names and other personally identifying information, except for the following cases. You may disclose the Forms with personally identifying information only: