Injury & Illness Recordkeeping and COVID-19

Recording Reportable Injuries and Illnesses has always been challenging, and today we are once again faced with a new challenge called COVID-19.  OSHA has posted some information on its web page to help employers with the recordable illness question.  OSHA recordkeeping requirements at 29 CFR Part 1904 mandate covered employers record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on their OSHA 300 log.  

COVID-19 can be a recordable illness if a worker is infected as a result of performing their work-related duties.  However, employers are only responsible for recording cases of COVID-19 if all the following criteria are met.

• The case is a confirmed case of COVID-19 (see CDC information on persons under investigation and presumptive positive and laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19); and
• The case is work-related, as defined by 29 CFR 1904.5; and
• The case involves one or more of the general recording criteria set forth in 29 CFR 1904.7 (e.g. medical treatment beyond first-aid, days away from work).

​This guidance is found at the following OSHA.gov link, in a blue box along the right side of the page.  You can also visit OSHA’s Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements page for more information.

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