#	FAQ
1	An employee has a work-related shoulder injury resulting in days of restricted work activity. While working on restricted duty, the employee sustains a foot injury which results in a different work restriction. How would the employer record these cases? - 1904.7
2	An employee is provided antibiotics for anthrax, although the employee does not test positive for exposure/infection. Is this a recordable event on the OSHA log? - 1904.7
3	An employee tests positive for anthrax exposure/infection and is provided antibiotics. Is this a recordable event on the OSHA log? - 1904.7
4	An employee's normal shift is 6:00 PM to 2:30 AM. The employee starts his shift at 6:00PM on Monday and sustains a work-related injury at 12:30AM Tuesday. The injury results in the employee going to a physician who excuses the employee from work for Tuesday and allows the employee to return to work at 6:00 PM on Wednesday. Does this case involve days away from work or days of restricted work activity? - 1904.7
5	Are injuries and illnesses recordable if they occurred during employment, but were not discovered until after the injured or ill employee was terminated or retired? - 1904.7
6	Are sutures used to treat lacerations considered "first aid?" - 1904.7
7	Are work-related human bites recordable on the OSHA form 300 when the skin is broken, and the wound is bleeding? - 1904.7
8	Does the size or degree of a burn determine recordability? - 1904.7
9	For medications such as Ibuprofen that are available in both prescription and non-prescription form, what is considered to be prescription strength? How is an employer to determine whether a non-prescription medication has been recommended at prescription strength for purposes of section 1904.7(b)(5)(i)(C)(ii)(A)? - 1904.7
10	How many calendar days are to be counted in the case of a work-related fatal injury or illness? - 1904.7
11	If an employee dies during surgery made necessary by a work-related injury or illness, is the case recordable? What if the surgery occurs weeks or months after the date of the injury or illness? - 1904.7
12	If an employee has an adverse reaction to a smallpox vaccination; is it recordable under OSHA's recordkeeping rule? - 1904.7
13	If an employee has x-rays or other diagnostic procedures, does that make a case recordable? - 1904.7
14	If an employee is exposed to chlorine or some other substance at work and oxygen is administered as a precautionary measure, is the case recordable? - 1904.7
15	If an employee who sustains a work-related injury requiring days away from work is terminated for drug use based on the results of a post-accident drug test, how is the case recorded? May the employer stop the day count upon termination of the employee for drug use under section 1904.7(b)(3) (viii)? - 1904.7
16	The old rule required the recording of all occupational illnesses, regardless of severity. For example, a work-related skin rash was recorded even if it didn't result in medical treatment. Does the rule still capture these minor illness cases? - 1904.7
17	An employee hurts his or her left arm and is told by the doctor not to use the left arm for one week. The employee is able to perform all of his or her routine job functions using only the right arm (though at a slower pace and the employee is never required to use both arms to perform his or her job functions). Would this be considered restricted work? - 1904.7
18	Are surgical glues used to treat lacerations considered "first aid?" - 1904.7
19	Are work-related cases involving chipped or broken teeth recordable? - 1904.7
20	Does the employer have to record a work-related injury and illness, if an employee experiences minor musculoskeletal discomfort, the health care professional determines that the employee is fully able to perform all of his or her routine job functions, but the employer assigns a work restriction to the injured employee? - 1904.7
21	How long must a modification to a job last before it can be considered a permanent modification under section 1904.7(b)(4)(xi)? - 1904.7
22	How would the employer record the change on the OSHA 300 Log for an injury or illness after the injured worker reached the cap of 180 days for restricted work and then was assigned to "days away from work"? - 1904.7
23	If a physician or other licensed health care professional recommends medical treatment, days away from work or restricted work activity as a result of a work-related injury or illness can the employer decline to record the case based on a contemporaneous second provider's opinion that the recommended medical treatment, days away from work or work restriction are unnecessary, if the employer believes the second opinion is more authoritative? - 1904.7
24	If an employee leaves the company after experiencing a work-related injury or illness that results in days away from work and/or days of restricted work/job transfer how would an employer record the case? - 1904.7
25	If an employee loses his arm in a work-related accident and can never return to his job, how is the case recorded? Is the day count capped at 180 days? - 1904.7
26	If an employee who routinely works ten hours a day is restricted from working more than eight hours following a work-related injury, is the case recordable? - 1904.7
27	Is the employer subject to a citation for violating section 1904.7(b)(4) (viii) if an employee fails to follow a recommended work restriction? - 1904.7
28	Is the use of a rigid finger guard considered first aid? - 1904.7
29	Item N on the first aid list is "drinking fluids for relief of heat stress." Does this include administering intravenous (IV) fluids? - 1904.7
30	Once an employer has recorded a case involving days away from work, restricted work or medical treatment and the employee has returned to his regular work or has received the course of recommended medical treatment, is it permissible for the employer to delete the Log entry based on a physician's recommendation, made during a year-end review of the Log, that the days away from work, work restriction or medical treatment were not necessary? - 1904.7
31	Section 1904.7(b)(5)(ii) of the rule defines first aid, in part, as "removing splinters or foreign material from areas other than the eye by irrigation, tweezers, cotton swabs or other simple means." What are "other simple means" of removing splinters that are considered first aid? - 1904.7