Reporting fatalities and severe injuries
CHST video lesson, 6:11. CHST Domain 2: Emergency Preparedness, Incident Investigation, and Response
Narrated with an AI-generated voice. The script is AI-drafted from the cited rules and fact-checked against them.
OSHA's 8-hour and 24-hour reporting rules under 1904.39: what must be reported, how to report, exceptions for vehicles and transit, and the 30-day and 24-hour windows.
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What this lesson covers
In this lesson, you'll learn to: state the 8-hour and 24-hour reporting deadlines, choose the approved ways to report to OSHA, apply the time windows after the incident, and spot the exceptions and key definitions. Part 1904.39 sets two clocks: 8 hours after a work-related death, and 24 hours after a work-related in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or eye loss.
- Intro
- Learning objectives
- 1904.39(a) deadlines
- How to report
- What OSHA needs
- Delayed outcomes
- Exceptions
- Definitions
- On the job
- Common exam traps
- Recap quiz
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