[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1904.0]

[Page 43]
 
                             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
 
                            Subpart A_Purpose
 
Sec. 1904.0  Purpose.




Sec.

                            Subpart A_Purpose

1904.0 Purpose.

                             Subpart B_Scope

1904.1 Partial exemption for employers with 10 or fewer employees.
1904.2 Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries.
1904.3 Keeping records for more than one agency.

Non-mandatory Appendix A to Subpart B--Partially Exempt Industries.

          Subpart C_Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria

1904.4 Recording criteria.
1904.5 Determination of work-relatedness.
1904.6 Determination of new cases.
1904.7 General recording criteria.
1904.8 Recording criteria for needlestick and sharps injuries.
1904.9 Recording criteria for cases involving medical removal under OSHA 
          standards.
1904.10 Recording criteria for cases involving occupational hearing 
          loss.
1904.11 Recording criteria for work-related tuberculosis cases.
1904.13-1904.28 [Reserved]
1904.29 Forms.

   Subpart D_Other OSHA Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Requirements

1904.30 Multiple business establishments.
1904.31 Covered employees.
1904.32 Annual summary.
1904.33 Retention and updating.
1904.34 Change in business ownership.
1904.35 Employee involvement.
1904.36 Prohibition against discrimination.
1904.37 State recordkeeping regulations.
1904.38 Variances from the recordkeeping rule.

  Subpart E_Reporting Fatality, Injury and Illness Information to the 
                               Government

1904.39 Reporting fatalities and multiple hospitalization incidents to 
          OSHA.
1904.40 Providing records to government representatives.
1904.41 Annual OSHA Injury and Illness Survey of Ten or More Employers.
1904.42 Requests from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for data.

                Subpart F_Transition From the Former Rule

1904.43 Summary and posting of year 2000 data.
1904.44 Retention and updating of old forms.
1904.45 OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

                          Subpart G_Definitions

1904.46 Definitions.

    Authority: 29 U.S.C. 657, 658, 660, 666, 669, 673, Secretary of 
Labor's Order No. 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), and 5 U.S.C. 533.

    Source: 66 FR 6122, Jan. 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.



    The purpose of this rule (Part 1904) is to require employers to 
record and report work-related fatalities, injuries and illnesses.
    Note to Sec. 1904.0: Recording or reporting a work-related injury, 
illness, or fatality does not mean that the employer or employee was at 
fault, that an OSHA rule has been violated, or that the employee is 
eligible for workers' compensation or other benefits.