# 8139 — OSHA injury and illness recordkeeping exemptions by industry (NAICS)

For 8139, industry is Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations; company-size exemption (10 or fewer employees) is To determine if you are exempt because of size, you need to determine your company's peak employment during the last calendar year. If you had no more than 10 employees at any time in the last calendar year, your company qualifies for the partial exemption for size; fatality/injury reporting still required is All employers, including those partially exempted by reason of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any employee's fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye; cfr citation is 29 CFR 1904 Subpart B Appendix A, recorded from its source on 2026-08-19.

- **NAICS code:** 8139 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Industry:** Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Company-size exemption (10 or fewer employees):** To determine if you are exempt because of size, you need to determine your company's peak employment during the last calendar year. If you had no more than 10 employees at any time in the last calendar year, your company qualifies for the partial exemption for size. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fatality/injury reporting still required:** All employers, including those partially exempted by reason of company size or industry classification, must report to OSHA any employee's fatality, in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **CFR citation:** 29 CFR 1904 Subpart B Appendix A _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> 8139 | Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations. |

## Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same
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### Industry

ecfr.gov says industry is **Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations.**, as of 2026-08-19.

> 8139 | Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations. |

Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1904/subpart-B

osha.gov says industry is **Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations**, as of 2026-08-19.

> 8139 | Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations |

Source: https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1904/1904SubpartBAppA


## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XVII/part-1904/subpart-B
- https://www.osha.gov/laws-regs/regulations/standardnumber/1904/1904SubpartBAppA

Last verified: 2026-08-19. Review by: 2027-02-15.
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