Illinois Administrative Code › Title 56 - LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT › Part 350 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Subpart B - INJURY/ILLNESS RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS › Section 350.250 - Purpose, Scope and Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
a)
				Purpose
The purpose of this Subpart B is to require employers to
				  record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses. Recording or
				  reporting a work-related injury, illness or fatality does not mean that the
				  employer or employee was at fault, that a standard or rule has been violated,
				  or that the employee is eligible for workers' compensation or other
				  benefits.
b) Scope. All
				public employers are required to maintain records of work-related injuries and
				illnesses under this Subpart B.
c)
				Definitions
For purposes of this Subpart B, the following terms have the
				  meanings ascribed in this subsection:
Establishment - a single physical location where business is
				  conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. For
				  activities in which employees do not work at a single physical location, such
				  as construction, transportation, and electric, gas and sanitary services, and
				  similar operations, the establishment is represented by main or branch offices,
				  terminals, stations, etc., that either supervise those activities or are the
				  base from which personnel carry out those activities.
One location contains two or more establishments if:
Each group represents a distinctly separate function (i.e.,
				  police, fire); or
Each establishment is engaged in different economic
				  activity;
No one NAICS (North American Industry Classification System)
				  Code applies to the joint activities; or
Separate reports are routinely prepared for each group on the
				  number of employees and/or wages.
An establishment can include more than one physical location
				  if:
The employer operates the locations as a single operation
				  under common management;
The locations are all located in close proximity to each
				  other; and
The employer keeps one set of records for the locations, such
				  as records on the number of employees, their wages and salaries and other kinds
				  of business information. For example, one establishment might include the main
				  plant, a warehouse a few blocks away, and an administrative services building
				  across the street.
When an employee telecommutes from home, the employee's home
				  is not a business establishment and a separate OSHA Form 300 Log (Log of
				  Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses) is not required. Employees who telecommute
				  must be linked to one establishment.
Forms - the required forms for documenting work-related
				  deaths, injuries and illnesses are the OSHA Form 300 (Log of Work-Related
				  Injuries and Illnesses), the OSHA 300A (Summary of Injuries/Illnesses) and the
				  OSHA 301 (Injury/Illness Incident Form). The Illinois Workers' Compensation
				  Commission IWCC Form 45 (Employer's First Report of Injury) may be substituted
				  for the OSHA Form 301 as long as the information is equivalent.
Injury or Illness - an abnormal condition or disorder.
				  Injuries include, but are but not limited to, a cut, fracture, sprain or
				  amputation. Illnesses include both acute and chronic illnesses, such as, but
				  not limited to, a skin disease, respiratory disorder or poisoning. Injuries and
				  illnesses are recordable only if they are new, work-related cases that meet one
				  or more of this Subpart's recording criteria.
Physician or Other Licensed Health Care Professional - an
				  individual whose legally permitted scope of practice (i.e., license,
				  registration or certification) allows the individual to independently perform,
				  or be delegated the responsibility to perform, the activities described by this
				  Subpart.