#1
If an employee presents a work status that indicates they are able to perform restricted work or light duty work yet we do not have work available that meets the restrictions, should we enter the number of days under “On Job Transfer or Restriction” or “Away from Work?”
You must count the days as days away from work. To count days as restricted days, restricted work activity must be made available to the employee.
FAQ ID: 208
Recordkeeping
Day counts/restrictions unavailable
1904.7
#2
Once an employer has recorded a case involving days away from work, restricted work or medical treatment and the employee has returned to his regular work or has received the course of recommended medical treatment, is it permissible for the employer to delete the Log entry based on a physician’s recommendation, made during a year-end review of the Log, that the days away from work, work restriction or medical treatment were not necessary?
The employer must make an initial decision about the need for days away from work, a work restriction, or medical treatment based on the information available, including any recommendation by a physician or other licensed health care professional. Where the employer receives contemporaneous recommendations from two or more physicians or other licensed health care professionals about the need for days away, a work restriction, or medical treatment, the employer may decide which recommendation is the most authoritative and record the case based on that recommendation. Once the days away from work or work restriction have occurred or medical treatment has been given, however, the employer may not delete the Log entry because of a physician’s recommendation, based on a year-end review of the Log, that the days away, restriction or treatment were unnecessary.
FAQ ID: 362
Recordkeeping
Conflicting medical opinions
1904.7
# 3
How do I count lost time days for a part-time employee? We have a part-time worker (2-4 days/week) who is injured and will miss some work. Do we count by straight calendar days? Or do we count by the number of days the part-time worker was scheduled to work and could not work because of the injury?
You must count the number of calendar days, regardless of whether the employee was scheduled to work on those days.
FAQ ID: 138
Recordkeeping
Day counts
1904.7
# 4
An employee got something is his eye (dirt/dust) during the workday. At the end of the day the employee went home. During the evening the employee’s eye became more irritated and he decided to seek medical attention the next morning before reporting to work. The doctor flushed the eye with saline solution and sent to employee back to work. The employee was away from work for 3 hours. Does this absence make the case recordable?
No. Time spent seeking medical treatment is not counted as restricted work activity if the employee otherwise was capable of performing all of their routine job functions.
FAQ ID: 232
Recordkeeping
Time spent seeking medical treatment
1904.7