Injury and Illness Recordkeeping and Reporting
Citations
South Carolina: South Carolina Code of Regulations, Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, Division of Labor, Chapter 71, Article 1 Occupational Safety and Health Regulations
Federal: 29 CFR 1904
Reporting work-related fatalities and hospitalizations (29 CFR 1904.39)
All South Carolina employers must report to the South Carolina OSHA office:
- All work-related fatalities within 8 hours
- All work-related inpatient hospitalizations, all amputations and all losses of an eye within 24 hours.
Only fatalities occurring within 30 days of the work-related incident must be reported to SC OSHA. Further, for an in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye, these incidents must be reported to SC OSHA only if they occur within 24 hours of the work-related incident.
Employers should call (803) 896-7672. The number is answered 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
For more information on the state plan, call 803-896-7672.