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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 296. Labor and Industries, Department of |
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Chapter 296-27. Recordkeeping and reporting. |
Section 296-27-01115. Recording criteria for work-related tuberculosis cases.
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- You must record a tuberculosis (TB) case on the OSHA 300 Log by checking the "respiratory condition" column if any employee has been occupationally exposed to anyone with a known case of active TB, and that employee subsequently develops a TB infection that is confirmed by a positive skin test or diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional.Notes:1. You do not have to record a positive TB skin test result obtained at a preemployment physical because the employee was not occupationally exposed to a known case of active TB in your workplace.2. You may line-out or erase a TB case from the log under the following circumstances:a. The worker contracted TB while living in a household with a person who had been previously diagnosed with active TB;b. The public health department has identified the worker as a contact of an individual with a case of active TB unrelated to the workplace; orc. A medical investigation shows that the employee's infection was caused by exposure to TB away from work, or proves that the case was not related to the workplace TB exposure.