Is It Recordable?

Breaks & lunch: OSHA recordability scenarios

Is it recordable? 5 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about breaks & lunch, with answers and OSHA references.

5 scenarios

Q225

Jalapeño Surprise

On his lunch break, an employee is preparing his lunch. His sandwich is almost complete but he remembers he brought some frozen…

Recordable
Q205

Milk Crate Challenge

On their lunch breaks, warehouse employees set up a milk crate challenge. The challenge involves stacking milk crates to create a…

Recordable
Q198

Carving a Stick

An employee is sitting outside at a worksite on their lunchbreak. Using their own folding knife, the begin carving a stick. The knife…

Recordable
Q178

Blue Ice

A large chunk of frozen sewage material known as blue ice detaches from an airplane midflight and strikes a moving vehicle on a highway.…

Recordable
Q144

Offsite Lunch

An employee is off the worksite for lunch and has an incident that results in medical treatment beyond first aid. Is it recordable?

Not recordable