{"data":{"id":"us/29-cfr-1904.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"29 CFR 1904.4","heading":"Recording criteria.","body":"(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:\n(1) Is work-related; and\n(2) Is a new case; and\n(3) Meets one or more of the general recording criteria of § 1904.7 or the application to specific cases of §§ 1904.8 through 1904.12.\n(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.\n(i) Determination of work-relatedness. See § 1904.5.\n(ii) Determination of a new case. See § 1904.6.\n(iii) General recording criteria. See § 1904.7.\n(iv) Additional criteria. (Needlestick and sharps injury cases, tuberculosis cases, hearing loss cases, medical removal cases, and musculoskeletal disorder cases). See §§ 1904.8 through 1904.12.\n(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.","path":["Title 29—Labor","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Labor","CHAPTER XVII—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","PART 1904—RECORDING AND REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES","Subpart C—Recordkeeping Forms and Recording Criteria"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-29.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:20Z","sha256":"7582d4a8492ec194a73551a7598bbac7c77283bfc6bc81b49ea6989a0ad779c0","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/29-cfr-non-mandatory-appendix-a-to-subpart-b-of-part-1904","next":"us/29-cfr-1904.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}