Ergonomics – Standards and Enforcement

PART 1904—RECORDING AND REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES

Subpart A—Purpose

Subpart B—Scope

Note to Subpart B: All employers covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) are covered by these Part 1904 regulations. However, most employers do not have to keep OSHA injury and illness records unless OSHA or the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) informs them in writing that they must keep records. For example, employers with 10 or fewer employees and business establishments in certain industry classifications are partially exempt from keeping OSHA injury and illness records.

§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 of Part 1904—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, 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.
Appendix A to Subpart E of Part 1904—Designated Industries for §1904.41(a)(2) Annual Electronic Submission of OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses by Establishments With 20 or More Employees but Fewer Than 250 Employees in Designated Industries

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

Subpart G—Definitions