Is It Recordable?Fatality: OSHA recordability scenarios
Is it recordable? 12 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about fatality, with answers and OSHA references.
Reportable Twice?
An employee is seriously injured at work and is admitted to a hospital. The employer reports the in-patient hospitalization to OSHA…
Not recordableHoly Cow
An employee was waking up in the morning to prepare to go to work when a cow fell through his ceiling and crushed him to death. His…
Not recordableTesting Unbreakable Glass
A maintenance employee fell to his death when he threw himself against a window on the 28th floor of a skyscraper. He was demonstrating…
RecordableAtomic Wedgie
An employee dies after receiving an atomic wedgie from his coworker during a disagreement about how to properly use a piece of…
RecordableNewt
During a bring your pet to work day, one employee brought a pet newt to the office. Another employee later swallowed the newt on a dare…
RecordableBring Your Pet to Work 2
During a bring your pet to work day, one employee brought a pet hamster to the office. The hamster bit his ear while he was showing him…
RecordableBring Your Pet to Work
During a bring your pet to work day, one employee brought a pet python to his office. After not seeing the employee for most of the day,…
RecordableFlashlight
While investigating a power outage in the dark basement at work, the employee placed a flashlight in their mouth to remain hands-free.…
RecordableDeath By Dessert
An employee attending a colleague's birthday party at work ate 18 servings of his favorite dessert and dies. Is it recordable?
Not recordableRobot Murder
An employee working in a manufacturing facility with industrial robots forgot to fully turn off a malfunctioning robot he was fixing.…
RecordableBeer Flood
Huge vats of beer ruptured and rushed into the street where an employee was conducting a survey. The beer swept the employee away…
RecordableFalling Boiler
An explosion launched a car-sized boiler through the roof of a company across the street from where an employee was working in an…
Recordable