COMPLIANCE INFO - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

NO First aid involving the use of non-prescription medication, band aids, gauze pads or eye wash. NO Food Poisoning NO Diagnostic procedures such as X-rays and blood tests, including administration of prescription medications used solely for diagnostic purposes (eg. eye drops to dilate pupils.) NO First aid administered by people with little training (beyond basic first aid) and even by the injured or ill person. NO If none of the options are listed above Are denied claims OSHA Recordable on OSHA Form 300? Here's the first OSHA commandment. Thou shall not mix the word "OSHA", in the same conversation,with the words "Sedgwick Examiner", "Workers Compensation" or "Claims". Following that rule eliminates a lot of confusion from the start. Why? The regulatory agency and the commissions simply do not refer to one another. When discussing denied claims, you are discussing Workers Compensation. Since "Workers Compensation" and "denied claim" have no place in a conversation about OSHA;they have nothing to do with OSHA Recordable Injuries and Illnesses. The onus in making OSHA recordable determinations is on "you", not the Sedgwick Examiner and not the Workers Compensation Commissioner. The question to ask from OSHA's perspective is: 1. Was the injury or illness work related; and 2. When is an injury or illness OSHA Recordable? The answer to "Was the injury or illness work related?" is found in 29 CFR 1904.5 (a)which says: Basic requirement. You must consider an injury or illness to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing iniury or illness. Work-relatedness is presumed for injuries and illnesses resulting from events or exposures occurring in the work environment, unless an exception in § 1904.5(b)(2) specifically applies. The answer to "When is an injury or illness OSHA Recordable?" is found in OSHA 29 CFR 1904.7, which says: "Basic requirement. You must consider an injury or illness to meet the general recording criteria, and therefore to be recordable, if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. You must also consider a case to meet the general recording criteria if it involves a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness."