Skip to main content
#
The DOT Doctor:
Add to My Yahoo!
The DOT Doctor Speaks
Monday, January 05 2009

 JJ Keller offers some tips for keeping an OSHA 300 log.

 

How do you log it?How do you log it?

Keeping the OSHA 300 Injury and Illness log for your company can be challenging, as in the following example.

A former employee tells you that he or she had just come from their personal physician about a possible work-related injury. The physician recommended physical therapy and provided a prescription muscle relaxer to your former employee.

However, the event that caused the injury actually occurred almost two months prior. At the time the injury occurred, the employee still worked for you but did not require medical attention beyond first aid, nor did the employee seek additional medical treatment.

Now what are you supposed to do? Is this recordable?

If the physician believes that the injury or illness was a result of the work environment, then it is recordable. If the injury resulted from a known, single event, use that date, even if the injury did not meet the recording criteria until a later time. If the injury or illness develops over time, such as carpal-tunnel syndrome, then the injury is recorded on the date it becomes recordable, or on the date it is diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional.

If you have a "contemporaneous" medical opinion, the employer can choose the opinion which is most authoritative.

___

Remember you can track incidents by employee, department or the business in general but you must keep a log.  That log needs to be posted with other HR information and submitted annually.  For help in reducing your OSHA log size and creating a safer work environment; visit the DOT Doctor (http://thedotdoctor.com) for assistance.     Happy and Safe New Year to all!

Posted by: The DOT Doctor AT 12:55 pm   |  Permalink   |  Email

800# is no longer in operations.

Please dial direct at:       903-910-9075

Search
 
Bookmark and Share
Email
LinkedIn
Facebook
Twitter
Add to favorites
Digg
Delicious
StumbleUpon
MySpace
Cost of trucking
With the small profit margin, while pay unnecessary fines? TDD can help!
Site Mailing List  Sign Guest Book  View Guest Book 
TDD: Compliance, Business, Logistics and Risk Management Services, Financial Analysis and Tax Filing

The DOT Doctor
USA, Mexico and Canada

phone 1- 903-910-9009 US Services

                                                    1-903-910-9075 Mexico/Canada Services

info@thedotdoctor.com

Copyright © 2017 by The DOT Doctor

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

Published by:

The DOT Doctor

Email: Webmaster@thedotdoctor.com

Website: http://thedotdoctor.com

Free SEO Tools

Search Engine Submission - AddMe

Google+