# Is heat illness treated with IV fluids OSHA recordable?

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Last updated: 2026-10-23

**Short answer:** Recordable — other recordable case (column J)

Yes. Only drinking fluids is first aid. Intravenous fluids are medical treatment, so the case goes on the log as an illness.

> Separately from the log, an in-patient hospitalization must be reported to OSHA within 24 hours (29 CFR 1904.39).

## Why

- Treatment went beyond OSHA's first-aid list. [29 CFR 1904.7(b)(5)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1904.7)

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