Reporting Workplace Amputations and Hospitalizations Incident Comparison Table

Incident	Reporting Time	Report To	Time Limitation	Effective Date
Fatality	Report within eight hours	Division of Compliance 502-564-3070. After hours call: OSHA 800-321-6742	Fatalities which occur more than 30 days following an incident are not required to be reported.	Jan. 4, 2004
Three or more  employees hospitalized in single incident (catastrophe)	Report within eight hours	Division of Compliance 502-564-3070. After hours call: OSHA 800-321-6742	Catastrophes which occur more than 30 days following an incident are not required to be reported.	Jan. 4, 2004
Amputation	Report within 72 hours	Division of Compliance 502-564-3070	Not applicable	Nov. 1, 2006
One or two employees hospitalized in single incident	Report within 72 hours	Division of Compliance 502-564-3070	Hospitalizations which occur more than 72 hours following an incident are not required to be reported.	Nov. 1, 2006

Notes:

1. Reporting time is the time from which an employer, employer's agent or another employee first becomes aware of the fatality, catastrophe, amputation or hospitalization.

If the Frankfort office is closed and you can't talk to a person, then you must call the federal OSHA toll-free central telephone number, 800-321-6742 and report the incident.  Messages or faxes will not be accepted to meet this reporting requirement.

If you do not learn about the incident at the time it occurs, you must report the incident within eight hours of the time it was reported to you, your agent or employee.