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29 CFR 1904.7: General recording criteria

Subpart C—Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria

473citations since 2015
413employers cited
1%serious, willful or repeat
$400median penalty per item

OSHA has cited 29 CFR 1904.7 473 times since 2015, against 413 employers. Penalties on these items add up to $337,939 at their current amounts.

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The parts of the rule cited most

1904.7(b)(3) · 193 citations

(3) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in days away from work? When an injury or illness involves one or more days away from work, you must record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log with a check mark in the space for cases involving days away and an entry of the number of calendar days away from work in the number of days column. If the employee is out for an extended period of time, you must enter an estimate of the days that the employee will be away, and update the day count when the actual number of days is known.

1904.7(a) · 114 citations

(a) Basic requirement. You must consider an injury or illness to meet the general recording criteria, and therefore to be recordable, if it results in any of the following: death, days away from work, restricted work or transfer to another job, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness. You must also consider a case to meet the general recording criteria if it involves a significant injury or illness diagnosed by a physician or other licensed health care professional, even if it does not result in death, days away from work, restricted work or job transfer, medical treatment beyond first aid, or loss of consciousness.

1904.7(b)(4) · 72 citations

(4) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in restricted work or job transfer? When an injury or illness involves restricted work or job transfer but does not involve death or days away from work, you must record the injury or illness on the OSHA 300 Log by placing a check mark in the space for job transfer or restriction and an entry of the number of restricted or transferred days in the restricted workdays column.

1904.7(b)(5) · 34 citations

(5) How do I record an injury or illness that involves medical treatment beyond first aid? If a work-related injury or illness results in medical treatment beyond first aid, you must record it on the OSHA 300 Log. If the injury or illness did not involve death, one or more days away from work, one or more days of restricted work, or one or more days of job transfer, you enter a check mark in the box for cases where the employee received medical treatment but remained at work and was not transferred or restricted.

1904.7(b)(1) · 10 citations

(b) Implementation—(1) How do I decide if a case meets one or more of the general recording criteria? A work-related injury or illness must be recorded if it results in one or more of the following:

1904.7(b)(2) · 8 citations

(2) How do I record a work-related injury or illness that results in the employee's death? You must record an injury or illness that results in death by entering a check mark on the OSHA 300 Log in the space for cases resulting in death. You must also report any work-related fatality to OSHA within eight (8) hours, as required by § 1904.39.

1904.7(b)(1)(ii) · 6 citations

(ii) Days away from work. See § 1904.7(b)(3).

1904.7(b)(1)(iv) · 6 citations

(iv) Medical treatment beyond first aid. See § 1904.7(b)(5).

Industries cited most

  • Manufacturing 190
  • Health Care and Social Assistance 62
  • Construction 39
  • Transportation and Warehousing 39
  • Retail Trade 38
  • Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 23

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