20 CFR § 702.111 - Employer's records.

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title: "20 CFR § 702.111 - Employer's records."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "702.111"
section_name: "Employer's records."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT AND RELATED STATUTES"
part_number: "702"
part_name: "ADMINISTRATION AND PROCEDURE"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, and 8171  33 U.S.C. 901  42 U.S.C. 1651  43 U.S.C. 1333; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 64 Stat. 1263; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
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# 702.111 Employer's records.

Every employer shall maintain adequate records of injury sustained by employees while in his employ, and which shall also contain information of disease, other impairments or disabilities, or death relating to said injury. Such records shall be available for inspection by the OWCP or by any State authority. Records required by this section shall be retained by the employer for three years following the date of injury; this applies to records for lost-time and no-lost-time injuries.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1215-0160)

(Pub. L. No. 96-511, 94 Stat. 2812 (44 U.S.C. 3501 ))

[38 FR 26861, Sept. 26, 1973, as amended at 47 FR 145, Jan. 5, 1982; 50 FR 393, Jan. 3, 1985]