# 29 CFR 1904.39 — Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation For 29 CFR 1904.39, governing statute is OSH Act; triggering event is work-related fatality; notification deadline is 8 hours; notification recipient is OSHA Area Office, or by telephone to 1-800-321-OSHA, or by electronic submission on OSHA.gov; required method is telephone or in person to OSHA Area Office; or by telephone to 1-800-321-OSHA; or by electronic submission on OSHA.gov, recorded from its source on 2026-08-12. - **Regulation:** 29 CFR 1904.39 - **Governing statute:** OSH Act _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Triggering event:** work-related fatality - **Notification deadline:** 8 hours _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Notification recipient:** OSHA Area Office, or by telephone to 1-800-321-OSHA, or by electronic submission on OSHA.gov - **Required method:** telephone or in person to OSHA Area Office; or by telephone to 1-800-321-OSHA; or by electronic submission on OSHA.gov - **Follow-up requirement:** none ## What the source says > Employers are required to report each fatality within 8 hours of the death, for all fatalities occurring within 30 days of the incident. ## Sources disagree More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from. ### Triggering event osha.gov says triggering event is **work-related fatality**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each fatality within 8 hours of the death, for all fatalities occurring within 30 days of the incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table osha.gov says triggering event is **work-related in-patient hospitalization**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each in-patient hospitalization within 24 hours of the hospitalization, for all hospitalizations occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table osha.gov says triggering event is **work-related amputation**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each amputation within 24 hours of the amputation, for all amputations occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table osha.gov says triggering event is **work-related loss of an eye**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each loss of an eye within 24 hours of the loss of an eye, for all losses of an eye occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table ### Notification deadline osha.gov says notification deadline is **8 hours**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each fatality within 8 hours of the death, for all fatalities occurring within 30 days of the incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table osha.gov says notification deadline is **24 hours**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each in-patient hospitalization within 24 hours of the hospitalization, for all hospitalizations occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table osha.gov says notification deadline is **24 hours**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each amputation within 24 hours of the amputation, for all amputations occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table osha.gov says notification deadline is **24 hours**, as of 2026-08-12. > Employers are required to report each loss of an eye within 24 hours of the loss of an eye, for all losses of an eye occurring within 24 hours of the work-related incident. Source: https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table ## Source - https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table Last verified: 2026-08-12. Review by: 2027-02-08. Part of [Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation](https://referencesource.org/incident-notification-deadlines/).