Is your business subject to the OSHA injury and illness records? Find out what employers are subject to OSHA and if your business is subject to the OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping.
Definitions
- Employee Report of Injury/Illness: Injury or illness reported assumes the individual reporting the injury or illness is an employee of <<company name>>. If the employee is a temporary employee from a temporary staffing agency, incidents are to be recorded in the 300 log; however, the temporary staffing agency would be responsible for reporting workers’ compensation claims to the carrier.
- Occupational Hearing Loss: Defined as:
- A change in hearing threshold relative to the baseline audiogram as an average of 10dB or more in either ear at 2,000, 3,000 and 4,000 hertz.
- Employee’s total hearing level of 25 dB or more above audiometric zero in both ears at the same hertz levels.
- Medical Treatment: The management and care of a patient to combat disease or disorder. It does not include:
- Visits to practitioners for observation and/or evaluation only
- Diagnostic procedures
- First aid
- First Aid: Defined by OSHA in section 1904.7 (b)(5). Treatments that are considered first aid include:
- The use of nonprescription medication at nonprescription strength
- Tetanus immunizations
- Cleaning, flushing or soaking surface wounds
- Use of wound coverings, butterfly bandages, Steri-Strips
- Hot or cold therapy
- Use of non-rigid means of support
- Temporary immobilization devices used to transport victims
- Drilling of fingernails or toenails or draining fluid from a blister
- Eye patches
- Removal of foreign bodies from eye using irrigation or cotton swab
- Removal of splinters or foreign material from areas other than the eye by irrigation, tweezers, cotton swabs or other simple means
- Finger guards
- Massage therapy
- Drinking fluids for relief of heat stress
Exempt Industries Employers are not required to keep OSHA injury and illness records for any establishment classified in the following North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes, unless they are asked in writing to do so by OSHA, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) or a state agency operating under the authority of OSHA or the BLS. All employers, including those partially exempted by reason of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any workplace incident that results in a fatality within eight hours or the in-hospitalization of at least one employees, amputation or loss of an eye within 24 hours (see § 1904.39).
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A |
Industry |
|
NAICS Code |
Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4412 |
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers |
|
5181 |
Internet Service Providers and Web Search Portals |
|
4431 |
Electronics and Appliance Stores |
|
5182 |
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services |
|
4461 |
Health and Personal Care Stores |
|
5191 |
Other Information Services |
|
4471 |
Gasoline Stations |
|
5211 |
Monetary Authorities – Central Bank |
|
4481 |
Clothing Stores |
|
5221 |
Depository Credit Intermediation |
|
4482 |
Shoe Stores |
|
5222 |
Nondepository Credit Intermediation |
|
4483 |
Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores |
|
5223 |
Activities Related to Credit Intermediation |
|
4511 |
Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores |
|
5231 |
Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage |
|
4512 |
Book, Periodical, and Music Stores |
|
5232 |
Securities and Commodity Exchanges |
|
4531 |
Florists |
|
5239 |
Other Financial Investment Activities |
|
4532 |
Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores |
|
5241 |
Insurance Carriers |
|
4812 |
Nonscheduled Air Transportation |
|
5242 |
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities |
|
4861 |
Pipeline Transportation of Crude Oil |
|
5251 |
Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds |
|
4862 |
Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas |
|
5259 |
Other Investment Pools and Funds |
|
4869 |
Other Pipeline Transportation |
|
5312 |
Offices of Real Estate Agents and Brokers |
|
4879 |
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Other |
|
5331 |
Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) |
|
4885 |
Freight Transportation Arrangement |
|
5411 |
Legal Services |
|
5111 |
Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers |
|
5412 |
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services |
|
5112 |
Software Publishers |
|
5413 |
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services |
|
5121 |
Motion Picture and Video Industries |
|
5414 |
Specialized Design Services |
|
5122 |
Sound Recording Industries |
|
5415 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services |
|
5151 |
Radio and Television Broadcasting |
|
5416 |
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services |
|
5172 |
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) |
|
5417 |
Scientific Research and Development Services |
|
5173 |
Telecommunications Resellers |
|
5418 |
Advertising and Related Services |
|
5179 |
Other Telecommunications |
|
5511 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises |
|
5611 |
Office Administrative Services |
|
6244 |
Child Day Care Services |
|
5614 |
Business Support Services |
|
7114 |
Agents and Managers for Artists, Athletes, Entertainers, and Other Public Figures |
|
5615 |
Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services |
|
7115 |
Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers |
|
5616 |
Investigation and Security Services |
|
7213 |
Rooming and Boarding Houses |
|
6111 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools |
|
7221 |
Full-Service Restaurants |
|
6112 |
Junior Colleges |
|
7222 |
Limited-Service Eating Places |
|
6113 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
|
7224 |
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) |
|
6114 |
Business Schools and Computer and Management Training |
|
8112 |
Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance |
|
6115 |
Technical and Trade Schools |
|
8114 |
Personal and Household Goods Repair and Maintenance |
|
6116 |
Other Schools and Instruction |
|
8121 |
Personal Care Services |
|
6117 |
Educational Support Services |
|
8122 |
Death Care Services |
|
6211 |
Offices of Physicians |
|
8131 |
Religious Organizations |
|
6212 |
Offices of Dentists |
|
8132 |
Grantmaking and Giving Services |
|
6213 |
Offices of Other Health Practitioners |
|
8133 |
Social Advocacy Organizations |
|
6214 |
Outpatient Care Centers |
|
8134 |
Civic and Social Organizations |
|
6215 |
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories |
|
8139 |
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |
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