[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: 29CFR1904.20]

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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. 1904.20  Description of statistical program.

    (a) Section 24 of the Act directs the Secretary of Labor, in 
consultation with the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, to 
develop and maintain a program of collection, compilation, and analysis 
of occupational safety and health statistics. The Commissioner of the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics has been delegated this authority by the 
Secretary of Labor. The program shall consist of periodic surveys of 
occupational injuries and illnesses.
    (b) The sample design encompasses probability procedures, detailed 
stratification by industry and size, and a systematic selection within 
strata. Stratification and sampling will be carried out by State and 
other jurisdictions in order to provide the most efficient sample for 
eventual State estimates. Some industries will be sampled more heavily 
than others depending on the injury rate level based on previous 
experience. Nationally, the survey should produce adequate estimates for 
most four-digit Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) industries in 
manufacturing and for three-digit SIC classification in 
nonmanufacturing. In participating States where the sample size has been 
supplemented significantly, comparable estimates are possible.

[37 FR 2439, Feb. 1, 1972, as amended at 42 FR 65166, Dec. 30, 1977]