Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries Standard (29 CFR 1904)
Summary
OSHA maintains 29 CFR Part 1904, the Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Standard, which establishes employer obligations to record work-related injuries and illnesses on OSHA forms 300, 300A, and 301. The standard includes partial exemptions for employers with 10 or fewer employees and establishments in certain low-hazard industries. Subpart C sets recording criteria and forms requirements, while Subpart D covers additional recordkeeping obligations including annual summaries, retention periods, and employee access to records.
What changed
OSHA's 29 CFR Part 1904 establishes mandatory recording and reporting requirements for work-related occupational injuries and illnesses. The standard covers recording criteria (1904.4), determination of work-relatedness (1904.5), new case determination (1904.6), general recording criteria (1904.7), and specialized criteria for needlestick injuries, hearing loss, medical removal cases, and tuberculosis. Forms requirements are set forth in 1904.29, with annual summary obligations in 1904.32.
Affected employers must maintain OSHA injury and illness records and may qualify for partial exemptions if they have 10 or fewer employees or operate in designated low-hazard industries (listed in Subpart B Appendix A). Employers in multiple business establishments must track records per 1904.30, and must involve employees in the recordkeeping process per 1904.35.
What to do next
- Record work-related injuries and illnesses per 29 CFR 1904.4
- Maintain OSHA 300 logs, 300A annual summaries, and 301 incident reports
- Provide employees access to injury and illness records
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Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR)
- By Standard Number Standard Number > 1904
- 1904 - Table of Contents
- 1904.0 - Purpose.
- 1904 Subpart A - Purpose
- 1904 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.
- 1904 Subpart B App A - Partially Exempt Industries
- 1904 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 - Reserved
- 1904.14 - Reserved
- 1904.15 - Reserved
- 1904.16 - Reserved
- 1904.17 - Reserved
- 1904.18 - Reserved
- 1904.19 - Reserved
- 1904.20 - Reserved
- 1904.21 - Reserved
- 1904.22 - Reserved
- 1904.23 - Reserved
- 1904.24 - Reserved
- 1904.25 - Reserved
- 1904.26 - Reserved
- 1904.27 - Reserved
- 1904.28 - Reserved
- 1904.29 - Forms.
- 1904 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.
- 1904 Subpart E - Reporting Fatality, Injury and Illness Information to the Government
- 1904.39 - Reporting fatalities, hospitalizations, amputations, and losses of an eye as a result of work-related incidents to OSHA.
- 1904.40 - Providing records to government representatives.
- 1904.41 - Electronic submission of Employer Identification Number (EIN) and injury and illness records to OSHA.
- 1904.42 - Requests from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for data.
- 1904 Subpart E App A - Appendix A to Subpart E of Part 1904— Designated Industries for § 1904.41(a)(1)(i) Annual Electronic Submission of Information From OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses by Establishments With 20–249 Employees in Designated Industries
- 1904 Subpart E App B - Appendix B to Subpart E of Part 1904— Designated Industries for § 1904.41(a)(2) Annual Electronic Submission of Information From OSHA Form 300 Log of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses and OSHA Form 301 Injury and Illness Incident Report by Establishments With 100 or More Employees in Designated Industries
- 1904 Subpart F - Transition From the Former Rule
- 1904.43 - Summary and posting of the 2001 data.
- 1904.44 - Retention and updating of old forms.
- 1904.45 - OMB control numbers under the Paperwork Reduction Act.
- 1904 Subpart G - Definitions
- 1904.46 - Definitions.
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