Federal AND Maryland Requirements
file a detailed report within eight hours of fatal workplace accidents.
file a report within 24 hours of severe on-the-job injuries that:
require hospitalization
require amputation
result in the loss of an eye
(regardless of business size)
Maryland-Specific Requirements
“An employee’s amputation” is replaced with “an employee’s amputation involving bone or cartilage loss”
OSHA defines an amputation as “the traumatic loss of all or part of a limb or other external body part. This would include medical resulting from irreparable damage; and of body parts that have since been reattached.”
MOSH does not require reporting of a fingertip amputation without bone loss, unless there is hospitalization
Report to the Commissioner an employment accident within 8 hours if there is a:
Fatality
Hospitalization of at least 3 employees (preempted by new federal regulations)
Effective in Maryland on January 2, 2017.