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How soon must an employer report a worker's in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye to OSHA?

Within 24 hours.

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  1. Within 8 hours
  2. Within 7 days
  3. Within 24 hours ✔

Why: These serious injuries must be reported within 24 hours. A death has a shorter 8-hour deadline. Even one hospitalized worker counts.

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Answer: Within 24 hours. These serious injuries must be reported within 24 hours. A death has a shorter 8-hour deadline. Even one hospitalized worker counts.

  1. 29 CFR 1904.39 Reporting fatalities and severe injuries (eCFR) www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1904.39
    Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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