---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1904.0"
title: "29"
number: "1904.0"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1904.0"
---

# §1904.0. Purpose.


The purpose of this rule ([part 1904](/cfr/29/part1904.md)) is to require employers to record and report work-related fatalities, injuries, and illnesses.


## Notes

### Amendments

[82 FR 20548, May 3, 2017]

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 657, 658, 660, 666, 669, 673, Secretary of Labor's Orders No. 3-2000 (65 FR 50017) and 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), as applicable, and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 6122, Jan. 19, 2001, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[82 FR 20548, May 3, 2017]