Reporting a fatality or severe injury to OSHA

All employers must notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye.

• Fatality: within 8 hours.
• In-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye: within 24 hours.

How to report

• Call your nearest OSHA area office.
• Call the OSHA 24-hour hotline: 1-800-321-6742 (OSHA).
• Report online.

Have this ready

Business name; names of employees affected; location and time of the incident; a brief description of the incident; contact person and phone number.

Rule: 29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting scenarios · Ask a question