Severe Injury Reports
OSHA requires employers to report all work-related severe injuries, defined as an amputation, in-patient hospitalization, or loss of an eye. The requirement began on January 1, 2015.
You can download the complete severe injury dataset file from the SIR Dashboard page. The reports will be updated periodically and represent incidents under federal OSHA jurisdiction only. They do not include incidents in states covered by OSHA-approved State Plans. Please be aware the geocodes (latitude/longitude) provided in the SIR dataset were obtained through third party services based on address information provided with the injury report. The precision varies by case, and accuracy is not guaranteed.
Data and Dashboard
Other OSHA Datasets
- Worker Fatalities Reported to Federal OSHA
- Fatality Reports (Archived)
- Establishment-Level Data from the Injury Tracking Application (ITA)
- OSHA Data Catalog
Who Submits Severe Injury Reports?
All employers are required to report work-related severe injuries and illnesses within 24 hours.
Inpatient
hospitalizations
Amputations
Eye loss
Employees killed on the job must be reported to OSHA within 8 hours.
Occupational injuries and illnesses are reportable per the Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses standard (29 CFR 1904.39). OSHA has several resources to help guide employers to better understand this requirement and ensure that they are in compliance with the law.
In general, it is better to report an incident than to not report. Failure to do so may result in an OSHA citation.
- Have questions about this requirement? Go to OSHA's Frequently Asked Questions about the Recording and Reporting Requirements.
- See OSHA's Standard Interpretations to learn more hospitalizations about the requirements. .
- Go to osha.gov/report to learn how you can report a fatality or severe injury or illness to OSHA.