Occupational Safety and Health Standards

Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illness

This standard requires:

• Employers of 10 or fewer employees, except for employers in certain low-hazard industries (such as retail, service, finance, insurance, and real estate), to maintain OSHA specified records of job-related injuries and illnesses.
  
  
• All employers, regardless of size and industry, must report to the nearest OSHA office within eight (8) hours any accident that results in a fatality or (in-patient) hospitalization of three (3) or more employees.

(Ref.: 29 CFR Part 1904, 1960.66, and FSH 6709.11, Sec. 08.1)