---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 851.26"
title: "10"
number: "851.26"
heading: "Recordkeeping and reporting."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/851.26"
---

# §851.26. Recordkeeping and reporting.

- (a) **Recordkeeping.** Contractors must:
  - (1) Establish and maintain complete and accurate records of all hazard inventory information, hazard assessments, exposure measurements, and exposure controls.
  - (2) Ensure that the work-related injuries and illnesses of its workers and subcontractor workers are recorded and reported accurately and consistent with DOE reporting directives.
  - (3) Comply with the applicable occupational injury and illness recordkeeping and reporting workplace safety and health standards in [§ 851.23](/cfr/10/851.23.md) at their site, unless otherwise directed by DOE.
  - (4) Not conceal nor destroy any information concerning non-compliance or potential noncompliance with the requirements of this part.
- (b) **Reporting and investigation.** Contractors must:
  - (1) Report and investigate accidents, injuries and illness; and
  - (2) **Analyze related data for trends and lessons learned.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, as amended at 82 FR 59954, Dec. 18, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2201(i)(3), (p); 42 U.S.C. 2282c; 42 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. 2401 et seq.; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 6931, Feb. 9, 2006, as amended at 82 FR 59954, Dec. 18, 2017]