Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73
§929 Record of injury or death
Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION › § 929
Summary
Every employer must keep a record of any injury an employee gets. The record must include any information about disease, disability, or death connected to the injury that the Secretary requires by rule. The Secretary or state authorities must be allowed to inspect the record at the times and under the conditions the Secretary’s rules set.
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Title 33, §929
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Every employer shall keep a record in respect of any injury to an employee. Such record shall contain such information of disease, other disability, or death in respect of such injury as the Secretary may by regulation require, and shall be available to inspection by the Secretary or by any State authority at such times and under such conditions as the Secretary may by regulation prescribe.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1984—Pub. L. 98–426, § 27(a)(2), substituted “Secretary” for “commission”. See
Transfer of Functions
note set out under section 902 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1984 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 98–426 effective Sept. 28, 1984, see section 28(e)(1) of Pub. L. 98–426, set out as a note under section 901 of this title.
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Citation
33 U.S.C. § 929
Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73