Restricted Work Injury (RWI) as per OSHA

Introduction:

In this article we will know what OSHA standards 1904.7(b)(4) says about Restricted Work Injury (RWI), we will know RWI definition, how to calculate RWI & difference in RWI & LTI.

Restricted Work Injury (RWI) as per OSHA

What is Restricted Work Injury (RWI):

Restricted Work Injury refers to the injury resulted by workplace accidents, due to which an employer restricted injured employee to perform some work in his normal routine shift or restricted him not to work full hours of his normal routine shift. employer restrict injured employee for some work to recover injuries faster.

Example of RWI:

Suppose a worker got injured at your workplace in an accident, his left hand little finger got fractured, after his one normal shift he came back at workplace, but his finger not fully recovered, so in this case employer can restrict him to avoid to lift any load with both hand, he can deploy him in some official work where he carry light weight files or support office staffs or employer can restrict his working hours by reducing his normal shift hour.

Difference in LTI and RWI:

Loss Time Incident (LTI) is injury resulted by workplace accident where an employee can't back to his workplace for his normal duty before his normal routine shift or more, wether in Restricted Work Injury (RWI) employee can back to his normal routine shift but he will restricted for some certain task or few hours.

How to calculate RWI:

Calculating RWI is very simple, for calculating RWI count the days or hours from a employee restricted for his normal routine shift or hours.

Who will decide or declare RWI:

An authorized physician or doctor will recommend or decide if an employee need to be restricted for some work or for some hours from his normal routine shift.

Conclusion:

RWI refers to injuries resulted by an accident at workplace due to an employee restricted for some work and few hours from his normal routine shift, a physical will decide whether an employee will restricted or not depending on the severity of injury, restricted work injury can be calculated by recording total restricted days or hours for an injured employee.

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