33 USC § 929 - Record of injury or death

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identifier: "/us/usc/t33/s929"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "33 USC § 929 - Record of injury or death"
title_number: 33
title_name: "NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS"
section_number: "929"
section_name: "Record of injury or death"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 29, 44 Stat. 1438; Pub. L. 98–426, § 27(a)(2), Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1654.)"
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# § 929. Record of injury or death

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.

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**Source Credit**: (Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 29, 44 Stat. 1438; Pub. L. 98–426, § 27(a)(2), Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1654.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—, substituted “Secretary” for “commission”. See Transfer of Functions note set out under .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , see , set out as a note under .