Skin Disorders on OSHA Logs: Rashes, Burns, Allergies, and Chemical Exposure
A work-related skin disorder, such as contact dermatitis, is recordable when it meets a general criterion, typically prescription creams or days away.
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OSHA Recordability Guides
An injury or illness goes on the OSHA 300 Log only when three things line up: it is work-related, it is a new case, and it meets at least one general recording criterion in 29 CFR 1904.7. Those criteria are death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of consciousness, or a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional, such as a fracture, cancer or a punctured eardrum.
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Most disputes come down to first aid. OSHA's first aid list is closed: 14 items, from non-prescription medication at non-prescription strength to butterfly bandages, hot or cold therapy and finger guards. Anything beyond that list, such as sutures, prescription-strength medication or physical therapy, is medical treatment, whoever provides it. Special rules in 1904.8 to 1904.11 cover contaminated needlesticks, medical removal, hearing loss and tuberculosis.
The guides below work through real decisions, including light duty, refused treatment, recurrences, late reports, heat illness and musculoskeletal disorders, and point to the paragraph of the rule each answer rests on. Once you decide a case is recordable, you have seven calendar days to enter it on the 300 Log and the 301 report.
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Late-Reported Injuries and OSHA Recordkeeping: What to Do When Facts Arrive Slowly
A late report does not change recordability: evaluate the case when you receive the information, and record it within 7 calendar days of learning…
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Near Miss vs OSHA Recordable: How to Separate Learning Events From Log Cases
A near miss has no injury or illness, so it never goes on the OSHA 300 Log; track it in your safety program instead.
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Is Light Duty OSHA Recordable? How to Decide Without Guessing
Light duty is recordable restricted work only if it keeps the employee from a routine function, one they do at least weekly, or from working the full shift.
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Routine Job Functions and Restricted Work: OSHA Recordkeeping Examples
Routine functions are the work activities an employee regularly performs at least once per week (29 CFR 1904.7(b)(4)(ii)).
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Recurrence in OSHA Recordkeeping: When to Update Instead of Add
Update the original entry when symptoms continue from an earlier case; add a new case only after full recovery and a new workplace event.
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New Case vs Continuation of an Old Case on OSHA Logs
It is a new case if there is no prior recorded case of the same type on the same body part, or the employee fully recovered and work caused a recurrence.
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If an Employee Refuses Recommended Treatment, Is the OSHA Case Recordable?
Yes. If a licensed provider recommends treatment beyond first aid for a work-related case, it is recordable even if the employee declines it.
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Workplace Violence Cases on the OSHA 300 Log
An injury from workplace violence is recorded like any other injury: if it is work-related and meets a recording criterion, it goes on the log.
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Respiratory Illness on OSHA Logs: When Exposure Becomes Recordable
A respiratory illness is recordable when workplace exposure caused or significantly aggravated it and a criterion, such as prescribed medication, is met.
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Heat Illness and OSHA Recordkeeping: First Aid vs Recordable Cases
Drinking fluids for heat stress is first aid, so a heat case treated with rest, shade, and water is not recordable on that basis alone.
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Musculoskeletal Disorder Recordability on OSHA Logs
Musculoskeletal disorders follow the same rules as other cases: record a work-related sprain, strain…
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Medical Removal Cases and OSHA Recordkeeping
When an employee is medically removed under the medical surveillance rules of an OSHA standard, such as lead or cadmium…
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Occupational Tuberculosis on the OSHA 300 Log
Record TB when an employee exposed at work to a known active case later has a positive skin test or diagnosis, and check the respiratory condition column.
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OSHA Hearing Loss Recordability: When a Standard Threshold Shift Goes on the Log
Record hearing loss when an audiogram shows a work-related 10 dB Standard Threshold Shift and a total hearing level of 25 dB or more in the same ear.
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Workers Compensation vs OSHA Recordkeeping: Why the Lists Do Not Match
Workers' comp claims and the OSHA log answer different questions, so the counts rarely match; record based on Part 1904, not on claim status.
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Significant Injury or Illness on OSHA Logs: What Gets Recorded Even Without Lost Time
Cancer, chronic irreversible disease, a fractured or cracked bone, and a punctured eardrum are recordable when diagnosed, even without treatment or lost time.
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Is Loss of Consciousness Always OSHA Recordable?
Yes. Any work-related loss of consciousness is recordable, however brief, under 29 CFR 1904.7(b)(6).
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Medical Treatment Beyond First Aid: OSHA Recordability Examples
Medical treatment is any treatment not on OSHA's 14-item first aid list, such as prescription medication, sutures, rigid splints, or physical therapy.
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Restricted Work vs Job Transfer on OSHA Logs
Restricted work limits routine functions or the full shift in the employee's own job, while job transfer moves them to a different job…
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14 First Aid Treatments That Are Not Recordable on the OSHA 300 Log
OSHA defines first aid as a closed list of 14 treatments in 29 CFR 1904.7(b)(5)(ii); a case treated only with items on that list is not recordable…
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Recordable vs Non-Recordable OSHA Cases: Examples Safety Teams Actually Use
A work-related case is recordable if it leads to days away, restricted work, medical treatment beyond first aid, loss of consciousness…
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Covered employees9
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Deadlines9
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Employee access7
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Incidence rates5
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Software5
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