[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: 29CFR1904.2]

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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. 1904.2  Log and summary of occupational injuries and illnesses.

    (a) Each employer shall, except as provided in paragraph (b) of this 
section, (1) maintain in each establishment a log and summary of all 
recordable occupational injuries and illnesses for that establishment; 
and (2) enter each recordable injury and illness on the log and summary 
as early as practicable but no later than 6 working days after receiving 
information that a recordable injury or illness has occurred. For this 
purpose form OSHA No. 200 or an equivalent which is as readable and 
comprehensible to a person not familiar with it shall be used. The log 
and summary shall be completed in the detail provided in the form and 
instructions on form OSHA No. 200.
    (b) Any employer may maintain the log of occupational injuries and 
illnesses at a place other than the establishment or by means of data-
processing equipment, or both, under the following circumstances:
    (1) There is available at the place where the log is maintained 
sufficient information to complete the log to a date within 6 working 
days after receiving information that a recordable case has occurred, as 
required by paragraph (a) of this section.
    (2) At each of the employer's establishments, there is available a 
copy of the log which reflects separately the injury and illness 
experience of that establishment complete and current to a date within 
45 calendar days.

[37 FR 736, Jan. 18, 1972, as amended at 42 FR 65165, Dec. 30, 1977; 47 
FR 145, Jan. 5, 1982]