# Is a flare-up of an injury already on the log a new OSHA recordable case?

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Last updated: 2026-10-23

**Short answer:** Not recordable

No new entry. If the worker had not recovered completely and no new workplace event caused it, it is the same case: update the existing entry, for example with new days away or restriction. A new event, or a recurrence after full recovery, is a new case.


## Why

- It continues a case already on the log, so you update that entry instead of adding a new one. [29 CFR 1904.6](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-1904.6)

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