LOCAL RULES

South Carolina incident report requirements

Your South Carolina incident report has 4 rules to meet. ReportDraft puts every one on your checklist and checks your draft before you sign.

  • A record of every work injury on the Commission's form
  • Every OSHA 301 item, completed within 7 calendar days for a recordable case
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South Carolina runs its own OSHA program, which takes serious injury reports directly, and its Workers' Compensation Commission sorts injury reports by cost and lost time. Here is each South Carolina rule with a link to the official Code and regulations, and what a South Carolina incident report should record.

Last reviewed October 13, 2026 against the official sources listed below.

Incident reportSOUTH CAROLINA / SAMPLE

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Company: Northgate Fabrication
Site: 1840 Industrial Pkwy, shipping dock 2
Date: 10/08/2026, about 2:15pm
Injured: Luis Romero, material handler, warehouse crew
Supervisor: Tom Reilly
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4 South Carolina rules on your checklist, including a report to SC OSHA within 8 hours of a death, or 24 hours of a hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye.

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Company or organizationNorthgate Fabrication
Site address or location1840 Industrial Pkwy, shipping dock 2
Date of the incidentOct 8, 2026
Employee or person involved (full name)Luis Romero, material handler, warehouse crew
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What South Carolina requires

  • A work-related death is reported to SC OSHA within 8 hours, and an in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye within 24 hours, by telephone (803-896-7672) or in person to the SC OSHA office, or by calling 1-800-321-OSHA; when the office is closed, one of those two phone numbers must be used, not a message, fax or email. A motor vehicle accident on a public street or highway is reportable only if it happened in a construction work zoneS.C. Code Regs. 71-339 (a), (b) (1), (3)
  • Every employer keeps a record of all injuries, fatal or otherwise, received by its employees in the course of employment, on forms approved by the Workers' Compensation CommissionS.C. Code 42-19-10
  • An injury with compensable lost time, medical costs above the limit the Commission sets by regulation, or possible permanency is reported to the Commission in writing within ten business days after its occurrence and the employer's knowledge of it. An injury with no compensable lost time or permanency and medical costs within the limit is reported annually; one needing only minimal medical attention within the limit and no more than one lost workday needs no written report if the employer keeps the record and pays the medical costs directlyS.C. Code 42-19-10 (1), (2)
  • When the injured employee's disability ends, or if it lasts beyond sixty days, the employer makes a supplementary report to the CommissionS.C. Code 42-19-20
  • An employer or insurance carrier that refuses or neglects to submit required forms, records and reports is liable for a penalty of 10 to 100 dollars for each refusal or neglectS.C. Code 42-19-30
  • The injured employee gives the employer notice of the accident immediately or as soon as practicable; no compensation is payable unless notice is given within ninety days of the accident (for repetitive trauma, ninety days from when the employee discovered, or reasonably could have, that the condition is compensable), unless the Commission accepts a reasonable excuse and the employer was not prejudicedS.C. Code 42-15-20

Calling SC OSHA

A work-related death is reported to SC OSHA within 8 hours, and an in-patient hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye within 24 hours, by phone or in person at the SC OSHA office, or through OSHA's national line. Outside office hours the report still has to go through one of those phone numbers; a voicemail, fax or email does not count. Crashes on public roads are reportable only inside a construction work zone, though they are still recorded.

Workers' Compensation Commission reports

Every work injury is recorded on the Commission's form. An injury with compensable lost time, medical costs over the Commission's limit, or a chance of permanent impairment is reported in writing within ten business days of the employer learning of it. Smaller injuries are reported once a year, and the most minor ones, with minimal medical care paid directly by the employer and no more than one lost workday, need only the record.

A supplementary report follows when the disability ends or reaches sixty days, and missed reports carry a penalty for each failure. Employees give notice as soon as practicable; without notice within ninety days, compensation can be refused.

Common mistakes

  • Leaving a voicemail at SC OSHA after hours instead of calling the national line.
  • Counting calendar days instead of business days for the Commission report.
  • Not recording minor injuries because no written report was needed.
  • No supplementary report when the disability passes sixty days.
  • Reporting a highway crash outside a work zone as an OSHA event, or forgetting to record it.

Sources

Last reviewed October 13, 2026. Next review due January 13, 2027. This page explains published rules to help you write your report. It is not legal advice; the official text linked above governs.