Is It Recordable?

Burns: OSHA recordability scenarios

Is it recordable? 8 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about burns, with answers and OSHA references.

8 scenarios

Q227

Copper Theft

A man and his son break into a substation in the middle of the night to steal copper. They cut an energized cable and an arc flash badly…

Not recordable
Q219

Outburst

An employees discovers that the company is planning to lay him off at the end of the month. He storms into the breakroom and in an…

Recordable
Q195

Eye Patch

An employee splashed diluted chemical in her eye and immediately washed it out at an emergency eye wash. She sees a doctor and the…

Not recordable
Q176

Exploding Cell Phone

An employee was working outside on a hot sunny day and left their cell phone on the dashboard of their work vehicle. They retrieved…

Recordable
Q100

MAYHEM

Employee A is assigned to the role of grilling hamburgers and hotdogs during a summer workday luncheon. While attempting to scrape the…

Q52

Hand Sanitizer Burn (Static)

A company’s COVID-19 contingency plan requires employees to clean their hands on a stringent basis. Antibacterial soap is made readily…

Recordable
Q51

Hand Sanitizer Burn (Smoking on Lunch Break)

During a lunch break, an employee uses hand sanitizer and then proceeds to light up a cigarette. As she lights her cigarette, her hand…

Recordable
Q27

Injured While Shaving at Work

An employee must shave his face for a respirator fit test at work. He is provided a brand new, pre-packaged razor and shaving cream, and…

Not recordable