1904.44 Retention and updating of old forms

29 CFR 1904.44 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued February 14, 2002 to February 29, 2008 · Data through November 6, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 2001 on, except 2002. An edition named as an exception is missing from govinfo's bulk data for that CFR volume, so it could not be checked.

Citations

citation items issued

Inspections

each counted once

Initial penalties

$18,400

as first assessed

Current penalties

$9,375

51.0% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$0median current penalty per citation

$0median initial penalty per citation

61.1%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced

8.5%of citations were contested

OSHA violation type	Citations	Share	Median current	Contested	Initial total	Current total
Other (O)	71	100.0%	$0	8.5%	$18,400	$9,375

CitationsPenaltiesContested

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Other (O)71100.0% share$9,375current total8.5%contested

Citations: 71
Share: 100.0%
Current total: $9,375
Initial total: $18,400
Median current: $0
Contested: 8.5%

Citations by year issued

Counts use the recorded citation issue year. "Of all citations" is the share of every citation issued that year.

Issued	Citations	Of all citations	Inspections	Median current	Current total
2008	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
2006	4	0.00%	4	$0	$0
2005	4	0.00%	4	$250	$1,500
2004	14	0.01%	14	$0	$750
2003	33	0.01%	33	$0	$4,175
2002	15	0.01%	15	$0	$2,950

CitationsInspectionsPenalties

Newest first, as in the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a year for all figures.

200810.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2008

200640.00% of all citations4inspections$0current total

Citations: 4
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 4
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2006

200540.00% of all citations4inspections$1,500current total

Citations: 4
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 4
Current total: $1,500
Median current: $250

All records issued in 2005

2004140.01% of all citations14inspections$750current total

Citations: 14
Of all citations: 0.01%
Inspections: 14
Current total: $750
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2004

2003330.01% of all citations33inspections$4,175current total

Citations: 33
Of all citations: 0.01%
Inspections: 33
Current total: $4,175
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2003

2002150.01% of all citations15inspections$2,950current total

Citations: 15
Of all citations: 0.01%
Inspections: 15
Current total: $2,950
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2002

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1904.44, each inspection counted once.

Planned (H)4259.2%

Complaint (B)1723.9%

Referral (C)45.6%

Accident (A)34.2%

Programmed Related (I)22.8%

Programmed Other (K)22.8%

Follow-Up (F)11.4%

Cited alongside 1904.44

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 71 inspections citing 1904.44.

1910.12003245.1%

1910.1321825.4%

1910.1471622.5%

1910.3051622.5%

1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers1521.1%

1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks1419.7%

1904.29 Forms1318.3%

1910.1341216.9%

1910.23 Ladders1115.5%

1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)1014.1%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-1068.5%

11-494259.2%

50-2492231.0%

250-99911.4%

Inspections, each counted once. Shares are of inspections with a usable employee count.

Owner

Private (A)6693.0%

Local government (B)34.2%

State government (C)22.8%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

78.9% of these citations (56 of 71) come from inspections with an industry code. Coverage varies by decade of issue (see the table), so this view mostly reflects the decades with coded records. NAICS as recorded by DOL on the inspection record.

Industry (NAICS as recorded by DOL, 3 digits)	Citations	Of coded citations
332 Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	7	12.5%
321 Wood Product Manufacturing	5	8.9%
484 Truck Transportation	4	7.1%
623 Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	4	7.1%
238 Specialty Trade Contractors	3	5.4%
311 Food Manufacturing	3	5.4%
337 Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	3	5.4%
327 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	2	3.6%
333 Machinery Manufacturing	2	3.6%
621 Ambulatory Health Care Services	2	3.6%

332Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing712.5% of coded citations

321Wood Product Manufacturing58.9% of coded citations

484Truck Transportation47.1% of coded citations

623Nursing and Residential Care Facilities47.1% of coded citations

238Specialty Trade Contractors35.4% of coded citations

311Food Manufacturing35.4% of coded citations

337Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing35.4% of coded citations

327Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing23.6% of coded citations

333Machinery Manufacturing23.6% of coded citations

621Ambulatory Health Care Services23.6% of coded citations

Issued in	Citations	With NAICS	Coverage
2000s	71	56	78.9%

Bar: NAICS coverage, on a 0 to 100% scale.

2000s7156 with NAICS (78.9%)

Most cited paragraphs

OSHA citation code, as recorded	Citations	Current penalties
19040044	71	$9,375

1904004471$9,375 current penalties

Codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them. Counts reflect citation records, not the frequency of incidents or hazards.

About this data

Citations are citation items in DOL's OSHA enforcement data, federal and State Plan, deleted items excluded. Inspections are counted once each.
Initial penalties are the amounts first assessed (DOL "Initial Penalty"); current penalties include later changes such as settlements (DOL "Current Penalty"). Amounts are as recorded, not adjusted for inflation.
Median penalty per citation: the middle value of the amounts recorded on these citations, counting $0 amounts and leaving out citations with no amount recorded, shown in whole dollars. A median is computed for one group only and is never combined with another.
Later reduced: the share of citations with an initial penalty above $0 whose current penalty is lower than the initial penalty.
Contested: the share of citations with a DOL "Contested Date" recorded.
Violation, inspection and owner types use DOL's own labels. A value outside DOL's list is shown as recorded, marked "not in DOL's list". Paragraph codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them.
Industry is the NAICS code on the inspection record, as recorded by DOL. Employee counts are DOL "Number of Employees" on the inspection; counts of 99,999 or more are not published as a headcount, a rule of this site.
Having OSHA inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries.

Regulatory Reference

29 CFR 1904.44: Retention and updating of old forms

Read the full regulatory text on eCFR.gov

Official Resources

Full Standard Text

29 CFR 1904.44 on OSHA.gov

osha.gov

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations

Part 1904 full regulatory text

ecfr.gov

Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

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