29 CFR § 1904.34 - Change in business ownership.

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title: "29 CFR § 1904.34 - Change in business ownership."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1904.34"
section_name: "Change in business ownership."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1904"
part_name: "RECORDING AND REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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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."
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# 1904.34 Change in business ownership.

If your business changes ownership, you are responsible for recording and reporting work-related injuries and illnesses only for that period of the year during which you owned the establishment. You must transfer the part 1904 records to the new owner. The new owner must save all records of the establishment kept by the prior owner, as required by § 1904.33 of this part, but need not update or correct the records of the prior owner.

[82 FR 20549, May 3, 2017]