Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Recordable events cont'd

DOE-STD-1190-2007

Various methods of collecting OSHA data may be employed. Sites may either abstract

data from the OSHA No. 300 log or assemble the information from a related data base.

Alternatively, many sites have chosen to take advantage of the DOE Directive DOE O

231.1A, Environment, Safety, and Health Reporting, which contains the reporting

requirement that mandates an annual submission of OSHA data to CAIRS. A copy of

the annual CAIRS data can be returned to the data coordinator directly from CAIRS.

The data coordinator is then responsible for replacing personal identifiers from the

CAIRS data set with the Illness and Injury Surveillance Program's coded identifier.

The de-identified data are then submitted to the program's Data Center. It is important

to note that no DOE Headquarters staff involved with the IISP receives a copy of the

identified CAIRS data. Unless the site data coordinator believes that local sources of

OSHA data are more complete than the data submitted to CAIRS, this approach is

recommended because it is cost effective, comprehensive, maintains worker privacy

and confidentiality, and is consistent with the site's reporting of occupational health

events to CAIRS.

The data elements collected from the OSHA No. 300 log or generated by the site's

data coordinator include:

OSHA No. 300

Description

Data Element Name

*Site Code

A unique code that identifies the site. Site code

is provided by ORISE Data Center.

*Unique ID

Unique worker identification number associated

with each worker in order to link records. ID to

be determined by site. The unique ID number is

never changed for a worker and is never

reassigned, should a worker leave the workforce.

A worker who leaves the workforce and later

returns should receive his/her original

identification number.

*Record status

New, Change, Delete. Accepted values: N,C,D

Column D of OSHA's Form 300 (Rev. 01/2004)

*Date of event

Code for occupational injury without workday

*Days lost due to injury

loss/restriction (Note if Column J of OSHA's

Form 300 (Rev. 01/2004) is checked and

Column M(1) is also checked.)