Reporting Severe Injuries
Fatalities, Inpatient Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Loss of an Eye Loss
- For any fatality that occurs within 30 days of a work-related incident, the employer must report the event within 8 hours of finding out about it to OSHA.
- For any work-related inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye employers must report the incident within 24 hours of learning about it to OSHA. Employers only need to report an inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye that occurs within 24 hours of a work-related incident.
If you are made aware of an incident involving any of the above scenarios in your DLCI or as part of your work as a first responder, notify EHS immediately at 617-452-3477. If this happens after hours, call the MIT Operations Center at 617-253-1500 to notify the EHS Primary Response person.
How to report your work-related injury or illness
- Immediately report all injuries/illnesses to a first level supervisor or PI if possible. If you work in a lab, you can also report to the EHS Representative for the lab.
- For injuries and medical emergencies that require immediate assistance, dial 100 from a campus phone or 617-253-1212 from a cell phone to connect with emergency response services.
- For non-life-threatening injuries or medical conditions that need prompt assistance, employees may go to MIT Health, a local urgent care or to the employee’s own health provider.
- If you need a follow-up treatment, you can continue your care at the MIT Health Department or visit your own health care provider or the clinic/hospital of your choice and inform any provider that you are being treated for a work-related condition.
- Injured employees are expected to schedule an administrative visit with MIT Health Occupational Health Service within seven calendar days of an injury or as soon as practicable. See MIT Policy 4.5 Industrial Accident and Workers’ Compensation for additional information.
- Notify the MIT Workers’ Compensation Office if you need care beyond the initial treatment that may require pre-approval, such as MRIs, physical or occupational therapy, or diagnostic tests.
- Provide your supervisor with documentation from all your medical appointments. If you go to the emergency room, provide your supervisor with a copy of the paperwork received in the emergency room as soon as possible.
Non-Employees, Unpaid Students and Visitors
For unpaid students or visitors that sustain an injury on campus, or while on MIT-owned or controlled property (“MIT premises”), or while engaging in other MIT classes, sponsored research, field work, MIT Event, or other MIT-sponsored or supported activities away from MIT premises. (e.g. undergraduate students injured in a classroom, lab or on a field trip, visitors to campus injured in an MIT owned space or at an MIT event) please complete the Non-Employee Incident Report as soon as possible.
MIT OSHA Log of Injuries/Illnesses
The EHS Office is responsible for the OSHA 300 injury/illness log for the Institute. The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) record keeping requirement is to provide statistical data to be used to identify and prevent occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths. This data is used to assure a safe and healthy working environment. OSHA has provided regulations that both employees and supervisors must comply with when an occupational injury or illness has occurred.
Contacts
EHS OSHA Recordkeeper:
Suzanne Adams
MIT EHS
77 Massachusetts Avenue, N52-496
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: sma@mit.edu
Phone: 617-258-5638
Fax: 617-258-6831
Workers’ Compensation Office:
MIT Human Resources
77 Massachusetts Avenue, NE49-5000
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: hr-dsmlo@mit.edu
Phone: (617) 253-9496
Fax: (617) 253-1502
MIT HR Website
Reporting Severe Injuries
Fatalities, Inpatient Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Loss of an Eye Loss
- For any fatality that occurs within 30 days of a work-related incident, the employer must report the event within 8 hours of finding out about it to OSHA.
- For any work-related inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye employers must report the incident within 24 hours of learning about it to OSHA. Employers only need to report an inpatient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye that occurs within 24 hours of a work-related incident.
If you are made aware of an incident involving any of the above scenarios in your DLCI or as part of your work as a first responder, notify EHS immediately at 617-452-3477. If this happens after hours, call the MIT Operations Center at 617-253-1500 to notify the EHS Primary Response person.
How to report your work-related injury or illness
- Immediately report all injuries/illnesses to a first level supervisor or PI if possible. If you work in a lab, you can also report to the EHS Representative for the lab.
- For injuries and medical emergencies that require immediate assistance, dial 100 from a campus phone or 617-253-1212 from a cell phone to connect with emergency response services.
- For non-life-threatening injuries or medical conditions that need prompt assistance, employees may go to MIT Health, a local urgent care or to the employee’s own health provider.
- If you need a follow-up treatment, you can continue your care at the MIT Health Department or visit your own health care provider or the clinic/hospital of your choice and inform any provider that you are being treated for a work-related condition.
- Injured employees are expected to schedule an administrative visit with MIT Health Occupational Health Service within seven calendar days of an injury or as soon as practicable. See MIT Policy 4.5 Industrial Accident and Workers’ Compensation for additional information.
- Notify the MIT Workers’ Compensation Office if you need care beyond the initial treatment that may require pre-approval, such as MRIs, physical or occupational therapy, or diagnostic tests.
- Provide your supervisor with documentation from all your medical appointments. If you go to the emergency room, provide your supervisor with a copy of the paperwork received in the emergency room as soon as possible.
Non-Employees, Unpaid Students and Visitors
For unpaid students or visitors that sustain an injury on campus, or while on MIT-owned or controlled property (“MIT premises”), or while engaging in other MIT classes, sponsored research, field work, MIT Event, or other MIT-sponsored or supported activities away from MIT premises. (e.g. undergraduate students injured in a classroom, lab or on a field trip, visitors to campus injured in an MIT owned space or at an MIT event) please complete the Non-Employee Incident Report as soon as possible.
MIT OSHA Log of Injuries/Illnesses
The EHS Office is responsible for the OSHA 300 injury/illness log for the Institute. The purpose of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) record keeping requirement is to provide statistical data to be used to identify and prevent occupational injuries, illnesses, and deaths. This data is used to assure a safe and healthy working environment. OSHA has provided regulations that both employees and supervisors must comply with when an occupational injury or illness has occurred.
Contacts
EHS OSHA Recordkeeper:
Suzanne Adams
MIT EHS
77 Massachusetts Avenue, N52-496
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: sma@mit.edu
Phone: 617-258-5638
Fax: 617-258-6831
Workers’ Compensation Office:
MIT Human Resources
77 Massachusetts Avenue, NE49-5000
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: hr-dsmlo@mit.edu
Phone: (617) 253-9496
Fax: (617) 253-1502
MIT HR Website
