OSHA Injury Reporting Requirements
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OSHA requires employers to report injuries.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is a part of the U.S. Department of Labor that creates workplace requirements to keep employees safe. OSHA requires employers to report employee injuries from working so that it has data about injury rates in different industries and a record of injuries at different places of employment.
Fatalities and Multiple Hospitalizations
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Employers must report deaths and multiple hospitalizations promptly over the phone.
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OSHA requires that employers report fatalities and incidents that cause more than three hospitalizations to OSHA by phone within eight hours of the incident. Employers do not, however, have to report transportation accidents that occur away from the workplace. This reporting deadline is much more pressing than the deadline for less serious injuries.
Recordkeeping
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Employers must keep a record of injuries or illnesses that cause death, days away from work, medical treatment, loss of consciousness, restricted ability to work, transfer to another job and injuries or illnesses diagnosed by a physician, according to OSHA injury reporting requirements. Employers do not need to report injuries that require only basic first aid, such as minor cuts. OSHA provides forms 300 and 300A for reporting injuries and illnesses.
Recorded Information
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Employers must include in their reports the company name, the time of the injury, the location of the injury, the number of injured employees, the names of injured employees, company contact information and a description of the accident.
Hearing Loss
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Employers must report work-related hearing loss as an injury.
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The OSHA requires employers to record and report employee hearing loss. OSHA defines hearing loss as a hearing threshold change of 10 decibels or more at 2000, 3000 and 4000 hertz in one or both ears.
Needlesticks and Sharps
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Employers report needlesticks as an injury.
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According to OSHA injury reporting requirements, employers must report any incidents during which an employee is cut or poked with something contaminated by another person's blood or other infectious contamination. This type of incident gets recorded on form 300 as an injury.
Tuberculosis
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Employers must record and report cases of tuberculosis that occur in employees after known exposure to tuberculosis at work. Employers should report these cases as injuries on form 300 and check them off as a "respiratory condition," according to OSHA requirements.
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