29 CFR § 1922.1 - Definitions.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s1922.1"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 1922.1 - Definitions."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "1922.1"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
part_number: "1922"
part_name: "INVESTIGATIONAL HEARINGS UNDER SECTION 41 OF THE LONGSHOREMEN'S AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION ACT"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 41, Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 941); 5 U.S.C. 301."
regulatory_source: "27 FR 4168, May 2, 1962, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 28 FR 7909, Aug. 2, 1963, and further redesignated at 36 FR 25232, Dec. 30, 1971."
cfr_part: "1922"
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# 1922.1 Definitions.

(a) *Act* means the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

(b) *Board* means the Board of Investigation.

(c) *Administration* means the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

(d) *Assistant Secretary* means the Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health.

(e) *Injury* means accidental injury or death arising out of and in the course of employment, and such occupational disease or infection as arises naturally out of such employment or as naturally or unavoidably results from such accidental injury.