Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements – Employee Involvement

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1904 – OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements

(a) – Basic requirement. Your employees and their representatives must be involved in the recordkeeping system in several ways.

(1) – You must inform each employee of how he or she is to report an injury or illness to you.

(b) – Implementation

(1) – What must I do to make sure that employees report work-related injuries and illnesses to me?

(i) – You must set up a way for employees to report work-related injuries and illnesses promptly; and

(ii) – You must tell each employee how to report work-related injuries and illnesses to you.