Is It Recordable?Workplace violence: OSHA recordability scenarios
Is it recordable? 13 OSHA recordkeeping scenarios about workplace violence, with answers and OSHA references.
Owner & Son
The owner of a small 8-person business brings his 17 year old son to work to begin training him how to run the company. The two get into…
Not recordableOutburst
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…
RecordableAngry Clown
While participating in a voluntary family fun day at work, an employee gets into an altercation with a clown when he is squirted with…
Not recordableAtomic Wedgie
An employee dies after receiving an atomic wedgie from his coworker during a disagreement about how to properly use a piece of…
RecordableProtest
During the workday, an employee notices a political protest on the street and they walk outside to observe. The protest turns violent…
RecordableRaging Employee
After receiving the announcement his workplace was scheduled to be downsized, an employee became upset and punched a cabinet with his…
RecordableStray Bullet
A lineman is climbing a utility pole. The employee cries out suddenly and shortly thereafter goes limp. The employee is rescued from the…
RecordableMental Illness
An employee begins having panic attacks and extreme anxiety at work. He visits a psychiatrist and is provided prescription anti-anxiety…
Not recordableHeart Attack After an Incident
An employee enters a trench and becomes buried after the wall of the trench collapses. He is rescued quickly seems to be fine but is…
RecordableThorn Prick
A maintenance employee is doing some of his regular landscaping duties around the edge of a company’s property trimming bushes. Some of…
RecordableHeart Attack
An employee feels pain in his chest while at his workstation. He suddenly faints and falls to the floor. Members from the first aid team…
Not recordableBIGFOOT
While completing a task in the woods alone, an employee is injured. The employee claims he was attacked and injured by Bigfoot before he…
RecordableTerrorist Attack
Several employees are hospitalized and/or killed in a terrorist attack that involves the workplace. Is it recordable?
Recordable