Recordability and Severe Injury Reporting practice questions for the CSP exam
CSP11 Domain 2: Program Management (2.7 Lagging indicators; 2.10 Records). 3 free questions below. Every answer quotes and links the regulation paragraph it rests on.
- 29 CFR 1904.39: Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA. · how this section is tested
- 29 CFR 1904.4: Recording criteria.
- 29 CFR 1904.7: General recording criteria. · how this section is tested
Text pulled from the eCFR, current as of 2026-10-14.
A warehouse worker cuts her forearm on a strapping band. The on-site clinic physician closes the laceration with sutures and the worker returns to her regular duties. The safety manager says the case is only first aid because a licensed physician provided the care. According to the recordkeeping rule, what is the correct determination?
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Answer: D. Not first aid, because sutures are medical treatment; wound closing devices other than butterfly bandages or Steri-Strips go beyond first aid
The standard lists butterfly bandages and Steri-Strips as first aid but says other wound closing devices such as sutures and staples are medical treatment. The professional status of the provider does not change the classification.
“Using wound coverings such as bandages, Band-Aids TM, gauze pads, etc.; or using butterfly bandages or Steri-Strips TM (other wound closing devices such as sutures, staples, etc., are considered medical treatment);”
A flagger employed by a highway paving contractor is struck by a passing car inside a marked construction work zone on a public highway and is admitted to the hospital as an in-patient. The contractor's safety manager must decide whether the event goes to OSHA. What is required?
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Answer: C. The in-patient hospitalization must be reported to OSHA because the crash occurred in a construction work zone
The standard makes motor vehicle crashes on public roads reportable when they occur in a construction work zone. The motor vehicle exception applies only outside a work zone, so the public-highway location does not exempt this event.
“If the motor vehicle accident occurred in a construction work zone, you must report the fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye.”
A warehouse worker strains her back on a Tuesday. The employer's physician recommends that she stay home for three days. She comes to work on Wednesday anyway because she wants to avoid losing pay. How should the employer handle this on the OSHA 300 Log?
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Answer: A. Record it as a days-away case with the three recommended days, because the days away must be recorded whether or not the employee follows the recommendation
The standard requires recording the recommended days away even when the employee ignores the recommendation, using the days-away check box. The distractors wrongly tie the record to what the employee actually did.
“However, the days away must be recorded whether the injured or ill employee follows the physician or licensed health care professional's recommendation or not.”
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