Recordable Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

The employer must enter each recordable injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log and 301 Incident Report within seven (7) calendar days of receiving information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred. 

For recordkeeping purposes, an injury or illness is an abnormal condition or disorder. Injuries include cases such as, but not limited to, a cut, fracture, sprain, or amputation. Illnesses include both acute and chronic illnesses, such as, but not limited to, a skin disease, respiratory disorder, or poisoning. Injuries and illnesses are recordable only if they are new, work-related cases that meet one or more of the Part 1904 recording criteria. The distinction between injury and illness is no longer a factor for determining which cases are recordable. 

Any work-related injuries and illnesses that result in one or more of the following must be recorded  

Total miinber of deaths Total number of cases with dac-s awav frcra work Total nuinatr of cases witli job transfei orrestrictioti Total number of oclwr recordable cases 

Tool curaher of day fromtvorii i i rray Tbfcil number of days- ofjob transfer or Testriction  

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OSHA requires that each employer with more than 10 employees must maintain a log of recordable occupational injuries and illnesses. Also, each must create an annual summary by calendar year. In addition, OSHA requires a more detailed incident report of each recordable occupational injury or illness. Instmctions for OSHA forms specify the data for the log, summary and supplementary records. Employers must have these records available for inspection and, when requested, submit them to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Each employer who is subject to the recordkeeping requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 must maintain for each establishment a log of all recordable occupational injuries and illnesses. This form (OSHA No. 200) may be used for that purpose. A substitute for the OSHA No. 200 is acceptable if it is as detailed, easily readable, and understandable as the OSHA No. 200. 

The emphasis of the explosives industry on safety in the manufacturing and handling of explosives has led to its being one of the safest industrial environments. A comparison of 1987 work injury rates for the explosives industry, for all industries, and for several selected industries is shown in Fig. 30.13. The data listed are OSHA recordable occupational injuries and illnesses per 100 employees as reported by the National Safety Council." The development of modern blasting agents and explosives, such as ANFO, slurries, and emulsions, that contain no self-explosive ingredients has further advanced safety of application, and has lowered costs and increased the options available to the consumer. The current level of R D effort is likely to continue this trend and also to lead to extension of this technology into military applications. 

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