Which incident would NOT have to be reported to DOSH immediately or within 24 hours?

Which incident would NOT have to be reported to DOSH immediately or within 24 hours?

• A. A minor first aid case with a small cut
• B. A slip-and-fall resulting in a sprain
• C. Car accident in which an employee steps onto a public road, gets hit by a car, and suffers a concussion
• D. An exposure to heat with an illness

Answer: (C)

DOSH reporting focuses on incidents that are work-related and meet certain severity thresholds. If an injury happens off the job or outside the course of employment, it isn’t typically reportable to DOSH within the 8- or 24-hour windows. In this scenario, the car accident on a public road where the employee is struck and suffers a concussion is usually considered not work-related unless the employee was performing job duties or traveling on behalf of the employer at the time. Because it’s not clearly a workplace incident, it would not have to be reported to DOSH immediately or within 24 hours. The other options describe events that are more clearly connected to work or could meet the severity thresholds for reporting: a minor first-aid case doesn’t reach reporting thresholds; a slip-and-fall resulting in a sprain could trigger reporting if it’s work-related and meets severity criteria; heat exposure that leads to illness is a work-related condition that may require reporting if it qualifies as a reportable illness.

DOSH reporting focuses on incidents that are work-related and meet certain severity thresholds. If an injury happens off the job or outside the course of employment, it isn’t typically reportable to DOSH within the 8- or 24-hour windows.

In this scenario, the car accident on a public road where the employee is struck and suffers a concussion is usually considered not work-related unless the employee was performing job duties or traveling on behalf of the employer at the time. Because it’s not clearly a workplace incident, it would not have to be reported to DOSH immediately or within 24 hours.

The other options describe events that are more clearly connected to work or could meet the severity thresholds for reporting: a minor first-aid case doesn’t reach reporting thresholds; a slip-and-fall resulting in a sprain could trigger reporting if it’s work-related and meets severity criteria; heat exposure that leads to illness is a work-related condition that may require reporting if it qualifies as a reportable illness.