WAC 296-27-01115. Recording criteria for work-related tuberculosis cases

The employer 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. The employer does 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 the workplace. 2. The employer 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; or c. 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.