Is It Recordable?Food & drink: OSHA recordability scenarios
Is it recordable? 27 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about food & drink, with answers and OSHA references.
Jalapeño Surprise
On his lunch break, an employee is preparing his lunch. His sandwich is almost complete but he remembers he brought some frozen…
RecordableLego
An employee's child put a Lego in the wind breaker of an employee. While the employee has the jacket hanging on their arm the Lego falls…
RecordablePopcorn
While serving popcorn on behalf of the company to visitors, one visitor comments there is too much salt on the popcorn. The employee…
RecordableButtering Toast
An employee was spreading butter on a piece of toast as a snack for work. The butter knife slipped and stabbed the webbing between the…
Not recordableMilk Crate Challenge
On their lunch breaks, warehouse employees set up a milk crate challenge. The challenge involves stacking milk crates to create a…
RecordableCarving 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…
RecordableAfter Hours Club
A group of employees start a game club and meet in the office space at work to play board games. The company has provided approval for…
Not recordableFood Poisoning
To celebrate the dedicated service of a 40-year employee, the CEO takes him and his team out for lunch at a restaurant. The entire team…
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 recordableBlue 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.…
RecordableSafety Celebration
During a company-sponsored luncheon to celebrate excellent safety performance, 17 employees suffered from food poisoning and were…
RecordableCurry Disaster
A short employee was heating up curry in the microwave, which was placed on top of an extremely high fridge. While reaching up to remove…
Not recordablePetting a Bee
Employees working outside during a lunch break dare another employee to pet a bumble bee. The employee is stung by the bee and begins…
RecordablePushup Fail
During a lunch break in the employee break room, some employees challenge their fellow employee to clap between doing pushups. The suit…
RecordableKicking a Balloon
An employee stops by a company office birthday party during regular work hours to grab some snacks. While attempting to kick a balloon…
RecordableOffsite 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 recordableCoffee Break (Gas Station)
While driving from one worksite to another, a safety supervisor stops to get coffee at a gas station. The gas station is within a…
RecordableChemical Spill
A installation tech is installing a chemical fume hood in a lab. He decides to take a break for lunch and walk to the food court. While…
RecordableInjured at a Customer's Home
A North Pole Inc. employee begins work delivering presents. He takes a break from delivering presents to eat some milk and cookies.…
RecordableStruck by Lightning Working From Home
An employee is working from a home office due to a pandemic. Every morning they take a 15 minute walk to buy a coffee from a local shop.…
RecordableLess than 10 Employees
A company with a total of 5 employees has one employee who is stung by a bee while eating his lunch outside and loses consciousness. He…
Not recordableMAYHEM
Employee A is assigned to the role of grilling hamburgers and hotdogs during a summer workday luncheon. While attempting to scrape the…
Company Gym Injury
An employee is using the company gym during his lunch break when he accidently drops a 15lb dumbbell on his toes. He is seen at a clinic…
Not recordableOff-the-Job Injury at the Jobsite
A construction company is performing renovations on the south end of a college football stadium. The project is scheduled to last one…
Not recordableHorseplay
In a warehouse, during a lunch break, two employees are participating in an online viral challenge where a person drops a piece of paper…
RecordableHand Sanitizer Burn (Smoking on Lunch Break)
During a lunch break, an employee uses hand sanitizer and then proceeds to light up a cigarette. As she lights her cigarette, her hand…
RecordableInjures Tooth on Hard Candy
An employer provides candy to their employees on Halloween. One employee cracks a tooth on a piece of hard candy while on the job. Is it…
Not recordable