Is travel to the office in a company vehicle “work-related” for recordkeeping?

Injuries sustained while traveling to work during an employee’s initial commute not considered work-related and are therefore not recordable on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Log. OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation at Section 1904.5(b)(2)(vii) allows an employer to exclude cases where an employee is injured in a motor vehicle accident while commuting from home to work or from work to home. The mode of transportation is not determinative of OSHA’s definition of an employee’s commute. Under this scenario, the daily trips between the residence and work site are considered the employee’s commute, regardless of whether they are made by personal vehicle or company-provided vehicle. An accident occurring during the employee’s commute is not considered work-related.