[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: 29CFR1904.4]

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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. 1904.4  Recording criteria.

    Note to Subpart C: This Subpart describes the work-related injuries 
and illnesses that an employer must enter into the OSHA records and 
explains the OSHA forms that employers must use to record work-related 
fatalities, injuries, and illnesses.


    (a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this Part to keep 
records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each 
fatality, injury and illness that:
    (1) Is work-related; and
    (2) Is a new case; and
    (3) Meets one or more of the general recording criteria of Sec. 
1904.7 or the application to specific cases of Sec. 1904.8 through 
Sec. 1904.12.
    (b) Implementation. (1) What sections of this rule describe 
recording criteria for recording work-related injuries and illnesses? 
The table below indicates which sections of the rule address each topic.
    (i) Determination of work-relatedness. See Sec. 1904.5.
    (ii) Determination of a new case. See Sec. 1904.6.
    (iii) General recording criteria. See Sec. 1904.7.
    (iv) Additional criteria. (Needlestick and sharps injury cases, 
tuberculosis cases, hearing loss cases, medical removal cases, and 
musculoskeletal disorder cases). See Sec. 1904.8 through Sec. 1904.12.
    (2) How do I decide whether a particular injury or illness is 
recordable? The decision tree for recording work-related injuries and 
illnesses below shows the steps involved in making this determination.

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