Do you know how to apply OSHA’s geographic presumption of work-relatedness to the following scenarios? Click below to see answers.

1. An employee is knitting a sweater in her office during a lunch break. She cuts her hand and needs sutures. Is this injury work-related according to OSHA?
   1. No, she was doing a personal task during non-work time.
   2. Yes, OSHA considers meal breaks to be within assigned working hours, even if unpaid.
2. After work, two employees are in the parking lot handling a snowplow that one worker is loaning to the other. One employee injures his back and needs medical treatment. Is this injury work-related according to OSHA?
   1. No, this was a personal task outside of assigned working hours.
   2. Yes, they are still on company property so the geographic presumption applies.
3. An employee arrives for work, parks in the company lot, and trips while walking to the building, fracturing his wrist. Is this injury work-related according to OSHA?
   1. No, the employee had not yet clocked in for the day.
   2. Yes, the employee is present on company property as a condition of employment.
4. An employee gets a minor cut on his hand and receives first aid. He fails to properly care for the wound and later gets an infection that requires antibiotics. Is this injury work-related according to OSHA?
   1. No, the employee’s failure to keep the wound clean is not the employer’s fault.
   2. Yes, the antibiotics would not have been needed if not for the cut at work.
5. While driving home from an overnight business trip to another city, an employee gets in a car accident and is injured, needing medical treatment. Is this injury work-related according to OSHA?
   1. No, because injuries that happen during a commute are not work-related.
   2. Yes, because injuries during work-related travel beyond an ordinary commute are work-related.