['Injury and Illness Recordkeeping']
['Injury and Illness Recordkeeping']
10/25/2024
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Injuries and illnesses that occur while an employee is traveling are work-related if, at the time of the injury or illness, the employee was engaged in work activities “in the interest of the employer.” Examples of such activities include:
- Travel to and from customer contacts;
- Conducting job tasks; and
- Entertaining or being entertained to transact, discuss, or promote business (work-related entertainment includes only entertainment activities being engaged in at the direction of the employer).
Injuries or illnesses that occur when the employee is traveling do not have to be recorded if the employee has:
- Checked into a hotel or motel for one or more days — When a traveling employee checks into a hotel, motel, or into a other temporary residence, the employee establishes a “home away from home.” The employer must evaluate the employee’s activities after checking in for their work-relatedness in the same manner as the employer would evaluate the activities of a non-traveling employee. When the employee checks into the temporary residence,the employee is considered to have left the work environment. When the employee begins work each day,the employee re-enters the work environment. If the employee has established a “home away from home” and is reporting to a fixed worksite each day, you also do not consider injuries or illnesses work-related if they occur while the employee is commuting between the temporary residence and the job location.
- Taken a personal detour from a reasonably direct route of travel (i.e., has taken a side trip).
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