[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1904.1]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1904--RECORDING AND REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1904.1  Purpose and scope.

    The regulations in this part implement sections 8(c) (1), (2), 
8(g)(2), and 24 (a) and (e) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 
1970. These sections provide for recordkeeping and reporting by 
employers covered under the act as necessary or appropriate for 
enforcement of the act, for developing information regarding the causes 
and prevention of occupational accidents and illnesses, and for 
maintaining a program of collection, compilation, and analysis of 
occupational safety and health statistics. The regulations in this part 
were promulgated with the cooperation of the Secretary of Health, 
Education, and Welfare.