An employee is admitted as an inpatient after a trench incident. What OSHA reporting deadline applies?
Correct Answer
A) Within 24 hours
OSHA requires inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to be reported within 24 hours. Fatalities use the 8-hour deadline.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
OSHA requires inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to be reported within 24 hours. Fatalities use the 8-hour deadline.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: Within 8 hours
The trap in B is Within 8 hours. That selection is wrong because Within 8 hours is a different published number than the cited OSHA hospitalization reporting value; OSHA severe injury reporting supports Within 24 hours; Inpatient hospitalization must be reported to OSHA within 24 hours.
Option C: Only with the annual summary
Choice C gives Only with the annual summary. Its specific error: it tries to bypass the OSHA hospitalization reporting checkpoint.
Option D: At final project closeout
Choice D (At final project closeout) is rejected because the option does not produce the required OSHA hospitalization reporting outcome, Within 24 hours.
Memory Technique
File OSHA hospitalization reporting under a stormwater map: condition first, number or duty second, answer Within 24 hours.
Reference Hint
Open 29 CFR Part 1926 (OSHA Construction Standards), 1926-2023 / PSI OSHA Excerpts 2025; use OSHA reporting / recordkeeping topic to confirm that OSHA requires inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to be reported within 24 hours.
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