29 CFR 1904.34

§ 1904.34 Change in business ownership.

United States · 29 CFR — Labor · Status: effective

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Citation: 29 CFR 1904.34, § 1904.34 Change in business ownership, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/128343
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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.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.