
Recordkeeping
How to Report a Fatality or Severe Injury to OSHA (8 & 24-Hour Rule)
Reporting a death or severe injury to OSHA is a separate, faster duty than recording it on the 300 log. These are the 8-hour and 24-hour clocks, the time windows, and exactly how to call it in.
Jul 18, 2026
10 min read

Data & Research
19,690 Amputations and Hospitalizations: What OSHA's Severe Injury Data Reveals
Since 2015, employers have had to report to OSHA within 24 hours every time a worker loses a body part or lands in a hospital bed. Two years of that data — 19,690 reports — draw a precise map of how American workers get maimed, and expose the structural blind spot that hides roughly half of the real total.
Jul 13, 2026
11 min read