Question: An employee is heavily pressured by their employer to get the COVID19 vaccine. As a result of the vaccine, the employee experienced a blood clot which resulted in in-patient hospitalization and several weeks away from work. Is it recordable? Answer: YES. A COVID vaccine injury is recordable if the vaccine is not truly voluntary for employees. The injury should be recorded as a days away (lost time) injury and should also be reported to OSHA (due to the in-patient ho

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Question: An employee is hospitalized for COVID-19 after he begins feeling ill at work. No one else in the office has tested positive for COVID-19, and no one tests positive or falls ill in the following month. It is unknown how or where the employee contracted COVID-19. Is it recordable? Answer: NO. OSHA lifted the presumption of work-relatedness for COVID-19 cases. If there is no evidence that the employee contracted COVID from the workplace, the employer does not have to c

Question: An employee required to wear a mask develops a fungal infection on his skin around his mouth. A doctor prescribes ketoconazole, a prescription anti-fungal shampoo to treat it and releases him to full duty. Is it recordable? Answer: YES. The infection is work-related because it resulted in wearing a mask at work and the prescription is considered medical treatment beyond first aid. ​ 1904.5(a): Basic requirement. You must consider an injury or illness to be work-rela

Question: An assembly line employee reports aching pain in his hands to the third party Occupational Health Nurse that works on site. The nurse instructs the employee to take over the counter Naproxen per the instructions on the packaging and also encourages the employee to adhere to the company stretching program that he has been trained and is considered a condition of employment upon hire. The nurse also has the employee soak his hands in warm wax on each break and at the

Question: Upon elbow pain setting in at work, a vehicle seat assembler reports the pain to her supervisor. In the First Aid Office, the site Injury Prevention Specialist (Certified Athletic Trainer) evaluates the employee and puts her on a conservative treatment regimen of over the counter strength Naproxen per directions and cold compress treatments twice per day for three weeks. The icing treatments take place during one 45 minute job rotation per treatment. In addition, th

Question: An employee alleges shoulder pain after struggling with a stuck valve at work. At a clinic, the doctor diagnoses the employee with a small rotator cuff tear. The doctor opines that the tear does not require surgery and discusses a return to work with the employee. The employee obliges as he does not want to miss work or deal with a surgery if unnecessary. The doctor goes on to show the employee how to take care of the injury by demonstrating a series of stretching e

Question: An employee returns to work on a Saturday (outside of regular working hours) with his family and several other people to participate in a guided tour of the workplace. During the tour, while walking down a flight of stairs, the employee falls and breaks an arm. Is it recordable? ​ Click Here to View the Answer #RedBeard #osha #osharecordkeeping #safety #occupationalsafety #recordkeeping #coronavirus #covid19

Question: A large bank begins educating their lobby employees on the characteristics of the COVID-19 virus. They place signs in the lobby encouraging customers to stand six feet apart, provide hand sanitizer disinfectant wipes and the janitorial service is cleaning in the morning and afternoon. However, the bank is not requiring temperature checks. Business is continuing face-to-face interaction in the lobby and surrounding offices. While the bank leaders praise employees for

Question: At a fish tank cleaner manufacturer, an employee insists the fish tank cleaner can act as a medication to prevent COVID-19 infection due to a particular ingredient in the cleaner. The employee has completed all hazardous communication training but is fearful of COVID-19. The employee ingests the product at work and dies approximately 45 minutes thereafter. Is it recordable? ​ Click Here to View the Answer #RedBeard #osha #osharecordkeeping #safety #occupationalsafet