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OSHA's Injury and Illness Recordkeeping Rule This document provides general guidance about OSHA's revised recordkeeping rule and provides links to more detailed guidance. The questions and answers in the Additional guidance portion of this document do not themselves impose enforceable recordkeeping or reporting obligations; such obligations are imposed only by the regulation. This version was last updated on [11/21/01]. General Guidance Question 1. Why is OSHA changing the 1904 regulation?Detailed Guidance Most of the questions that OSHA has received about the detailed provisions of the new rule are answered in the regulation itself. However, other questions arise that are not directly answered, and OSHA has developed additional guidance to help employers comply with the recordkeeping requirements. The following table of contents provides links to additional guidance, or, if additional guidance has not been developed, to the regulation. 1904.0 Purpose 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. 1904.4 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. 1904.12 Recording criteria for cases involving work-related musculoskeletal disorders. 1904.29 Forms. 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. 1904.39 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. 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 1904.46 Definitions |
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