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Worker deaths in America are down—on average, from about 38 worker deaths a day in 1970 to 15 a day in 2023. Worker injuries and illnesses are down—from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to …

You must consider an injury or illness to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing injury …

Recording work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses: Many employers with more than 10 employees are required to keep a record of recordable work-related injuries and illnesses using OSHA …

All employers are required to notify OSHA when an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye. A fatality must be reported within 8 hours.

Workers in many different industries and occupations can be exposed to risk factors at work, such as lifting heavy items, bending, reaching overhead, pushing and pulling heavy loads, working in …

Investigating a worksite incident- a fatality, injury, illness, or close call- provides employers and workers the opportunity to identify hazards in their operations and shortcomings in their safety and health …

The victim's name may be blank when OSHA lacks jurisdictional coverage, such as when the injury is not work-related, the sole proprietor or owner of an LLC is the victim, the employer does not affect …

The program is intended as a tool to raise awareness of how occupational injuries and illnesses can impact a company's profitability, not to provide a detailed analysis of a particular company's …

The information and resources provided through this tool are intended to assist employers and employees in understanding OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping requirements. OSHA …