[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: 29CFR1904.11]

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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
 
          Subpart C_Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria
 
Sec. 1904.11  Recording criteria for work-related tuberculosis cases.

    (a) Basic requirement. If any of your employees has been 
occupationally exposed to anyone with a known case of active 
tuberculosis (TB), and that employee subsequently develops a 
tuberculosis infection, as evidenced by a positive skin test or 
diagnosis by a physician or other licensed health care professional, you 
must record the case on the OSHA 300 Log by checking the ``respiratory 
condition'' column.
    (b) Implementation. (1) Do I have to record, on the Log, a positive 
TB skin test result obtained at a pre-employment physical? No, you do 
not have to record it because the employee was not occupationally 
exposed to a known case of active tuberculosis in your workplace.
    (2) May I line-out or erase a recorded TB case if I obtain evidence 
that the case was not caused by occupational exposure? Yes, you may 
line-out or erase the case from the Log under the following 
circumstances:
    (i) The worker is living in a household with a person who has been 
diagnosed with active TB;
    (ii) The Public Health Department has identified the worker as a 
contact of an individual with a case of active TB unrelated to the 
workplace; or
    (iii) A medical investigation shows that the employee's infection 
was caused by exposure to TB away from work, or proves that the case was 
not related to the workplace TB exposure.