Does "Subpart E - Reporting Fatality, Injury and Illness Information to the Government" Apply to You?

If yes, then you need to comply with reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. According to the standard, you must report the fatality to OSHA within 8 hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident.

In North Carolina, you report the death of an employee to the OSH Division within eight hours. During working hours (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), call 1-800-625-2267 or 919-779-8560. After working hours (5 p.m. to 8 a.m.), weekends or holidays, call State Capitol Police at 919-733-3333.

If the fatality does not occur during or right after the work-related incident, but occurred within 30 days of the incident, then you must report the event. If the fatality occurs after more than 30 days of the work-related incident, then you do not have to report the event. However, you must record the event on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep OSHA injury and illness records.

You must provide the following information for each fatality:

• The establishment name;
• The location of the work-related incident;
• The time of the work-related incident;
• The type of reportable event  (i.e., fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye);
• The number of employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• The names of the employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• Your contact person and his or her phone number; and
• A brief description of the work-related incident.

Note: If the fatality occurred due to a motor vehicle accident in a construction work zone, you must report the fatality within 8 hours. If the motor vehicle accident occurred on a public street or highway, but not in a construction work zone, you do not have to report the fatality but it still must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records). In addition, you do not have to report the fatality if it occurred on a commercial or public transportation system (e.g., airplane, train, subway, or bus), however, it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records). Work-related fatalities caused by a heart attack must also be reported to the OSH Division.

Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for medical services and first aid, and recording and reporting. 

If yes, then you need to comply with reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. According to this standard, you must report the hospitalization to OSHA within twenty-four hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees as a result of a work-related incident.

In North Carolina, you must report the hospitalization of one or more employees to the OSH Division within twenty-four hours. During working hours (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), call 1-800-625-2267 or 919-779-8560. After working hours (5 p.m. to 8 a.m.), weekends or holidays, call State Capitol Police at 919-733-3333.

If the hospitalization does not occur during or right after the work-related incident, you must only report the event to OSHA if it occurs within twenty-four hours of the work-related incident. However, it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep such records.

You must provide the following information for each in-patient hospitalization:

• The establishment name;
• The location of the work-related incident;
• The time of the work-related incident;
• The type of reportable event  (i.e., fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye);
• The number of employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• The names of the employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• Your contact person and his or her phone number; and
• A brief description of the work-related incident.

Note: If the in-patient hospitalization occurred due to a motor vehicle accident in a construction work zone, you must report the in-patient hospitalization. If the motor vehicle accident occurred on a public street or highway, but not in a construction work zone, you do not have to report the in-patient hospitalization but it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records). In addition, you do not have to report the in-patient hospitalization if it occurred on a commercial or public transportation system (e.g., airplane, train, subway, or bus), however, must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records). Work-related in-patient hospitalizations caused by a heart attack must also be reported to the OSH Division.

Inpatient hospitalization is defined as a formal admission to the in-patient service of a hospital or clinic for care or treatment. Note: An in-patient hospitalization that involves only observation or diagnostic testing does not need to be reported. You only need to report each in-patient hospitalization that involves care or treatment.

Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for medical services and first aid, and recording and reporting. 

If yes, then you need to comply with reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. According to this standard, you must report an amputation to OSHA within twenty-four hours after the work-related incident.

In North Carolina, you must report an amputation to the OSH Division within twenty-four hours of the work-related incident. During working hours (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), call 1-800-625-2267 or 919-779-8560. After working hours (5 p.m. to 8 a.m.), weekends or holidays, call State Capitol Police at 919-733-3333.

If the amputation does not occur during or right after the work-related incident, you must only report the event to OSHA if it occurs within twenty-four hours of the work-related incident. However, it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep such records.

You must provide the following information for each amputation:

• The establishment name;
• The location of the work-related incident;
• The time of the work-related incident;
• The type of reportable event  (i.e., fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye);
• The number of employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• The names of the employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• Your contact person and his or her phone number; and
• A brief description of the work-related incident.

Note: If the amputation occurred due to a motor vehicle accident in a construction work zone, you must report the amputation. If the motor vehicle accident occurred on a public street or highway, but not in a construction work zone, you do not have to report the amputation but it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records). In addition, you do not have to report the amputation if it occurred on a commercial or public transportation system (e.g., airplane, train, subway, or bus), however, it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records).

An amputation is defined as the traumatic loss of a limb or other external body part. Amputations include a part, such as a limb or appendage, that has been severed, cut off, amputated (either completely or partially); fingertip amputations with or without bone loss; medical amputations resulting from irreparable damage; amputations of body parts that have since been reattached. Amputations do not include avulsions, enucleations, deglovings, scalpings, severed ears, or broken or chipped teeth.

Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for amputations, medical services and first aid, and recording and reporting. 

If yes, then you need to comply with reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. According to this standard, you must report the loss of an eye to OSHA within twenty-four hours after the work-related incident.

In North Carolina, you must report the loss of an eye to the OSH Division within twenty-four hours. During working hours (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), call 1-800-625-2267 or 919-779-8560. After working hours (5 p.m. to 8 a.m.), weekends or holidays, call State Capitol Police at 919-733-3333.

If the loss of an eye does not occur during or right after the work-related incident, you must only report the event to OSHA if it occurs within twenty-four hours of the work-related incident. However, it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records, if you are required to keep such records.

You must provide the following information for each loss of an eye:

• The establishment name;
• The location of the work-related incident;
• The time of the work-related incident;
• The type of reportable event  (i.e., fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye);
• The number of employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• The names of the employees who suffered a fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye;
• Your contact person and his or her phone number; and
• A brief description of the work-related incident.

Note: If the loss of an eye occurred due to a motor vehicle accident in a construction work zone, you must report the loss of an eye. If the motor vehicle accident occurred on a public street or highway, but not in a construction work zone, you do not have to report the loss of an eye but it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records). In addition, you do not have to report it if it occurred on a commercial or public transportation system (e.g., airplane, train, subway, or bus), however, it must be recorded on your OSHA injury and illness records (if you are required to keep such records).

Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for medical services and first aid, and recording and reporting. 

Do you have 250 or more employees? If yes, then you need to comply with electronic submission of injury and illness records to OSHA. Employers who are already required to maintain injury and illness records must submit injury and illness data from their OSHA Form 300A for establishments that have 250 or more employees at any time during the calendar year. 

In addition, employers in certain high hazard industries must also submit certain injury and illness data to OSHA. Are you in one of these high hazard industries (listed by NAICS Code) and have between 20 and 249 employees at your establishment?  If yes, then you need to comply with this standard and submit data from the OSHA Form 300A (Annual Summary). Are you in one of these high hazard industries (listed by NAICS Code) and have 100 or more employees at your establishment?  If yes, then you need to comply with this standard and submit data from the OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report.

Furthermore, employers are required to submit their Employer Identification Number (EIN) electronically with their OSHA injury and illness data and their legal company name. 

You can access the Injury Tracking Application (ITA) on the OSHA website.  If you answered yes to any question above, you are required to submit the required information every year by March 2 of the year after the calendar year covered by the forms (for example, by March 2, 2024 for the forms covering 2023).

An "establishment" is defined as a single physical location where business is conducted or where services or industrial operations are performed. For activities where employees do not work at a single physical location, such as construction; transportation; communications, electric, gas and sanitary services; and similar operations, the establishment is represented by main or branch offices, terminals, stations, etc. that either supervise such activities or are the base from which personnel carry out these activities.

Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for medical services and first aid, and recording and reporting. 

If yes, then you need to comply with requests from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for data. Each year, the BLS sends injury and illness survey forms to randomly selected employers and uses the information to create the Nation's occupational injury and illness statistics. In any year, some employers will receive a BLS survey form and others will not. You do not have to send injury and illness data to the BLS unless you receive a survey form.

Note: Even if you are normally exempt from keeping injury and illness records, the BLS may inform you in writing that it will be collecting injury and illness information from you in the coming year. If you receive such a letter, you must keep the injury and illness records and make a survey report for the year covered by the survey. 

Additional related information can be found on the A-Z safety and health topics pages for medical services and first aid, and recording and reporting.