ASTM E2920-14
(Guide)Standard Guide for Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
Standard Guide for Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
4.1 This guide is intended to define work-related injuries and illnesses in a way that can be easily understood and measured across countries. These injuries and illnesses can be used to evaluate, compare, and continually improve management systems and programs related to worker safety and health. Although several levels of severity may be defined, the primary objective is to identify cases with meaningful connection to work and cases with such potential consequence that they have value for prevention purposes. The resultant data and incidence rates should improve global benchmarking consistency.
4.2 This guide defines recording criteria for Level One cases—cases that have a clear connection to the workplace and consequences that are significant for driving injury and illness prevention and efforts.
4.3 While not mandated by this guide, recording of Level Two cases is encouraged and will still be mandatory in many jurisdictions. Level Two cases are those cases currently required to be reported by countries, states, and other jurisdictions.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide is intended to establish definitions and criteria for recording occupational injuries and illnesses to be used for measuring safety performance, evaluating safety program performance, and improving consistency when comparing international performance. A measurement system is desired that is precise and accurate, difficult to manipulate, significant and meaningful for safety program evaluation, and appropriate for accountability purposes in a global environment.
1.2 Objectives of the occupational injury and illness measurement guide are as follows:
1.2.1 Provide a uniform and objective framework for recording work related injuries and illnesses,
1.2.2 Facilitate use of injury and illness rates as a means of evaluating programs designed to control such injuries and illnesses, and
1.2.3 Establish a basis for meaningful comparison of injury and illness rates across industries and countries.
1.3 In this guide, definitions and procedures necessary to maintain work-related injury and illness records and incidence rates are covered.
1.4 Key elements of this guide include work relationship, definition of injuries and illnesses, levels of severity of occupational incidents, accountability for contractor relationships, and specifications for injury and illness rate calculations.
1.5 Units—The values stated in English (or Imperial) units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are provided for information only.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. This standard is not a substitute for any legally required injury and illness recordkeeping obligations.
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Standard Guide for
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Recording Occupational Injuries and Illnesses
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2920; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. This standard is not
a substitute for any legally required injury and illness record-
1.1 This guide is intended to establish definitions and
keeping obligations.
criteria for recording occupational injuries and illnesses to be
used for measuring safety performance, evaluating safety
2. Referenced Documents
program performance, and improving consistency when com-
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
paring international performance. A measurement system is
E1542 Terminology Relating to Occupational Health and
desired that is precise and accurate, difficult to manipulate,
Safety
significant and meaningful for safety program evaluation, and
appropriate for accountability purposes in a global environ-
3. Terminology
ment.
3.1 Definitions: For definitions of some terms used in this
1.2 Objectives of the occupational injury and illness mea-
guide, refer to Terminology E1542.
surement guide are as follows:
3.1.1 contractor, n—person or business that provides goods
1.2.1 Provide a uniform and objective framework for re-
or services for an enterprise but works for, is directly super-
cording work related injuries and illnesses,
vised by, and is paid by a separate person or business.
1.2.2 Facilitate use of injury and illness rates as a means of
3.1.1.1 contractor—nested, n—person who performs rou-
evaluating programs designed to control such injuries and
tine services for an enterprise but works for, is directly
illnesses, and
supervised by, and is paid by a separate person or business.
1.2.3 Establish a basis for meaningful comparison of injury
Examples include on-site guard, logistics, or maintenance
and illness rates across industries and countries.
services.
1.3 In this guide, definitions and procedures necessary to
3.1.1.2 contractor—independent, n—person who works for,
maintain work-related injury and illness records and incidence
is directly supervised by, and is paid by one person or business
rates are covered.
but performs services at various other businesses. Examples
1.4 Key elements of this guide include work relationship,
includepersonsengagedintemporaryprojectssuchasmachine
definition of injuries and illnesses, levels of severity of
rigging, ventilation installation, or construction. Other ex-
occupational incidents, accountability for contractor
amples are copy machine repair and package delivery.
relationships, and specifications for injury and illness rate
3.1.1.3 contractor—employer supervised, n—person who is
calculations.
directly supervised by an employer on a day-to-day basis but is
1.5 Units—The values stated in English (or Imperial) units paid indirectly through an agency or third party. Examples
are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in
include daily workers and temporary workers.
parentheses are mathematical conversions to SI units that are
3.1.2 employee, n—person who works for another in return
provided for information only.
forpayment.Asusedinthisguide,thetermincludesemployer-
supervised contractors, but does not include independent or
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
nested contractors.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1.2.1 Discussion—As used in this guide, the term “em-
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
ployee” includes contractors that are directly supervised by the
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
employer. Temporary workers and workers with individual
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This guide is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E34 on Occupational
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Health and Safety and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E34.80 on For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
Industrial Heath. contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Current edition approved Jan. 1, 2014. Published January 2014. DOI:10.1520/ Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
E2920-14. the ASTM website.
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contract relationships may be included in this category. Inde- 5.1.2 Test 2—Was there a direct connection between the
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