# Standard Interpretations
1 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.7(b)(5) - Clarification on the use of a cold compression device is considered medical treatment.
2 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.7(b)(7), 1904.46 - Determining if the employees experienced an injury or illness due to an exposure.
3 - 1904 - Table of Contents - Clarification on how the formula is used by OSHA to calculate incident rates
4 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.7 - Use of kinesiology tape is not considered medical treatment beyond first aid.
5 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.30, 1904.35, 1904.40, 1904.46 - How to maintain logs for employees across multiple locations.
6 - 1904 - Table of Contents - Inspection Guidance for Inpatient Healthcare Settings
7 - 1904 - Table of Contents - Car Dealership Accident
8 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5(b)(1) - Determining recordkeeping for work-relatedness of accident occurring during off-site event.
9 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5 - Whether to record two cases of employee injuries sustained in company parking lot during employees commute to work.
10 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5, 1904.10 - Clarification of 1910.95 and 1904 regarding physicians and audiologists roles in determining work-relatedness of worker hearing loss.
11 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5, 1904.31 - Whether to record injuries that occur to a contract employee when traveling from an offshore manned platform complex to other downfield fixed platforms.
12 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5 - Whether to record injuries that occur to employees who travel from an offshore manned platform complex or dock to other offshore platforms.
13 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5(b)(3), 1904.6 - Determining if an injury is considered a new recordkeeping case based on a recurrence of previously recorded symptoms.
14 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5(b)(2)(ii) - Clarification on recording days away from work for follow-up visits to doctor while on restricted-duty job and recovery time to stabilize preexisting condition.
15 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.7(b) - Once medical treatment beyond first aid has occurred for injury or illness the case must be recorded.
16 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.29, 1904.35 - Employer obligation to provide access to entire OSHA 300 Logs, including names of both union and non-union employees.
17 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5 - 29 CFR Part 1904 OSHA Recordkeeping Regulation applies only within the jurisdictional boundaries of the United States and certain locations listed in OSHAct Sec. 4(a).
18 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5(b)(2)(v) - Clarification of "assigned working hours" for determining recordability of injuries that occur during breaks in the normal work schedule.
19 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.6(a) - Determination of the date of an injury or illness for OSHA recordkeeping purposes.
20 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.7(b)(5)(ii) - Use of glue to close a wound is medical treatment; prescription antibiotics/antiseptics for preventive treatment of a wound is medical treatment.
21 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.35(b)(2)(iv) - OSHA 300 Log requirements versus HIPAA privacy requirements.
22 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.10(b)(4) - Recording criteria for recordkeeping cases involving occupational hearing loss.
23 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5, 1904.6, 1904.7, 1904.31 - Evaluation of seven scenarios for work-relatedness and recordkeeping requirements.
24 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5, 1904.6 - Determining work-relatedness when the work event or exposure is only one of the discernable causes; not the sole or predominant cause.
25 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.35 - Employee and employee representative access rights to OSHA 300 Log and OSHA 300-A Summary forms.
26 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.5(b)(2) - Clarification of Recordkeeping's work-related exception.
27 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.7(b)(5)(ii)(B) - Immunizations or inoculations (except tetanus) are recordable when given in response to a workplace injury or illness.
28 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.31 - Participation by professional sports teams in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses; definition of independent contractor versus employee.
29 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.29, 1904.31, 1904.33, 1904.35, 1904.40, 1904.46 - Recording criteria for cases involving workers from a temporary help service, employee leasing service, or personnel supply service.
30 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.10 - Baseline audiogram revision due to persistent STS or improved thresholds; revision must be made for each ear separately.
31 - 1904 - Table of Contents, 1904.7 - Results of an MRI do not negate the recordability of a physician's recommendation.