Description
Report All Injuries Workplace Safety Poster
Encourage employees to promptly report workplace injuries and illnesses with the Report All Injuries Workplace Safety Poster. This highly visible safety reminder helps reinforce the importance of notifying a supervisor or other designated person when a work-related injury or illness occurs.
Prompt reporting allows employers to respond to injuries, provide appropriate assistance, investigate workplace hazards, and determine whether an incident must be recorded or reported under applicable OSHA requirements.
Why Should Employees Report Workplace Injuries?
Employees should promptly report work-related injuries and illnesses according to their employer's established reporting procedure. Reporting an incident allows the employer to address the immediate situation and identify conditions that may need to be corrected to help prevent similar incidents.
Employees should report workplace injuries even when an injury initially appears minor, because the seriousness of an injury may not always be immediately apparent.
OSHA Employee Injury Reporting Requirements
Under 29 CFR 1904.35, covered employers must establish a reasonable procedure for employees to promptly and accurately report work-related injuries and illnesses. Employers must also inform employees about how to use the reporting procedure.
OSHA also prohibits employers from establishing reporting procedures that would deter or discourage a reasonable employee from accurately reporting a workplace injury or illness.
Employee Reporting vs. Employer Reporting to OSHA
Reporting an injury to an employer is different from an employer reporting a serious incident directly to OSHA. Not every workplace injury must be individually reported to OSHA.
Under 29 CFR 1904.39, employers generally must report a work-related fatality to OSHA within 8 hours. A work-related in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye generally must be reported to OSHA within 24 hours.
Where Can This Safety Poster Be Displayed?
The Report All Injuries poster can be displayed in a wide range of workplaces, including:
- Manufacturing facilities
- Warehouses and distribution centers
- Construction and maintenance operations
- Retail workplaces
- Restaurants and hospitality businesses
- Healthcare facilities
- Offices and administrative workplaces
- Employee break rooms and safety areas
Reinforce a Strong Workplace Safety Culture
Displaying injury-reporting reminders can help reinforce an employer's established reporting procedures and encourage employees to communicate workplace injuries and illnesses promptly.
This poster is intended as a supplemental workplace safety reminder. It does not replace an employer's injury and illness reporting procedure, OSHA recordkeeping obligations, employee training, or other applicable workplace safety requirements.
