# FAQ
1 Question 0-1 - Why are employers required to keep records of work-related injuries and illnesses? - 1904.0, 1904 - Table of Contents
2 Question 2-3 - How do the 2007 to 2012 NAICS coding changes for the Full and Limited Service Restaurant Industries affect the exemption status of establishments in these industries? - 1904.2, 1904 - Table of Contents
3 Question 4-1 - Does an employee report of an injury or illness establish the existence of the injury or illness for recordkeeping purposes? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.4
4 Question 5-5 - What are "personal tasks" for purposes of the exception to the geographic presumption in section 1904.5(b)(2)(v)? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5
5 Question 6-1 - How is an employer to determine whether an employee has "recovered completely" from a previous injury or illness such that a later injury or illness of the same type affecting the same part of the body resulting from an event or exposure at work is a "new case" under section 1904.6(a)(2)? If an employee's signs and symptoms disappear for a day and then resurface the next day, should the employer conclude that the later signs and symptoms represent a new case? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.6
6 Question 7-11 - 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 - Table of Contents, 1904.7
7 Question 8-1 - Can you clarify the relationship between the OSHA recordkeeping requirements and the requirements in the Bloodborne Pathogens standard to maintain a sharps injury log? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.8
8 Question 10-2 - Which baseline is used to determine if a recordable Standard Threshold Shift (STS) has occurred this year? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.10
9 Question 29-3 - Under paragraph 1904.29(b)(9), the employer may use some discretion in describing a privacy concern case on the log so the employee cannot be identified. Can the employer also leave off the job title, date, or where the event occurred? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.29
10 Question 30-1 - May an employer keep the OSHA injury and illness records for all their establishments at the headquarters. - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.30
11 Question 31-2 - If a temporary personnel agency sends its employees to work in an establishment that is not required to keep OSHA records, does the agency have to record the recordable injuries and illnesses of these employees? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.31
12 Question 32-3 - If employers electronically post the OSHA 300-A Summary of Work-related Injuries and Illnesses, are they in compliance with the posting requirements of 1904.32 (b) (5)? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.32
13 Question 35-1 - How does an employer inform each employee on how he or she is to report an injury or illness? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.35
14 Question 37-2 - How may state regulations differ from the Federal requirements? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.37
15 Question 39-9 - Who should report a fatality or in-patient hospitalization of a temporary worker? - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.39