AhaBulbStuff Everyone Should Know
AhaBulb: Stuff Everyone Should Know · ahabulb.com/osha-report-by-phone-or-online

The local OSHA office is closed. Which is an accepted way to report a severe injury?

Call 1-800-321-OSHA or use OSHA's online reporting app.

Start playing free

  1. Call 1-800-321-OSHA (6742) ✔
  2. Leave a voicemail at the area office
  3. Fax the area office

Why: If the area office is closed, you must use the toll-free number or the online reporting application. Voicemail, fax and email to a closed office do not count.

Huh, didn't know that: The report must include the time and location of the incident and a contact person's phone number.

The dad joke
What did the wrench say to the bolt? Let's get things tightened up.
Like this card?
Play the game

References

Answer: Call 1-800-321-OSHA (6742). If the area office is closed, you must use the toll-free number or the online reporting application. Voicemail, fax and email to a closed office do not count.

  1. 29 CFR 1904.39 (eCFR) www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1904.39
    By telephone to the OSHA toll-free central telephone number, 1-800-321-OSHA (1-800-321-6742).
    Checked 2026-10-10.

Think this answer is wrong? Tap "Challenge this answer" on the card in the game and tell us why.

Test yourself in the game

Workplace Safety (OSHA)How soon must an employer report a work-related death to OSHA?Workplace Safety (OSHA)How soon must an employer report a worker's in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye to OSHA?Workplace Safety (OSHA)A company has had 10 or fewer employees all year. What OSHA injury duty does it still have?

That's stuff everyone should know.