Final Test – OSHA Record Keeping

Covered employers must record each fatality, injury or illness that:

An injury or illness is an abnormal condition or disorder.  Injuries include cases such as, 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.

If an employee uses the employer’s sewing machine to make tents for the Girl Scouts after the shift has ended, this is a personal task outside of assigned working hours and any injury that would occur during that task is not work-related.

If an employee slips on the ice in the parking lot, or is in a car wreck doing business – the case is work-related.

An injured or ill employee is assigned to a job other than his or her regular job for part of the day is called a Job Transfer.

Medical treatment is the management and care of a patient to combat disease or disorder.

If an employee is provided prescription medications or non-prescription medications at prescription strength, it is considered medical treatment.

Drinking fluids for relief of heat stress is first aid, but administering fluids through an IV is medical treatment.

A copy of the  300A Form Annual Summary must be posted in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. 

For OSHA record keeping purposes and injury or illness can also only consist of the presence aches or pains