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29 CFR 1904.4 · Missouri · FY2025
Recording Criteria in Missouri: FY2025 OSHA citations
3 citation items under 29 CFR 1904.4 at inspected sites in Missouri, from 3 inspections.
From Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025, the Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement data record 3 citation items under 29 CFR 1904.4 at inspected sites in Missouri, in 3 inspections. Among the 103 sections of 29 CFR parts 1904, 1910 and 1926 cited in Missouri that year (1,634 citation items in all), this one ranks 61st by items. These counts describe inspected establishments, not the whole industry.
Paragraphs of 29 CFR 1904.4 cited in Missouri
| Paragraph | Items | Share of the 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 1904.4(a) | 3 | 100% |
“(a) Basic requirement. Each employer required by this part to keep records of fatalities, injuries, and illnesses must record each fatality, injury and illness that: (1) Is work-related; and (2) Is a new case; and (3) Meets one or more of the general recording criteria of § 1904.7 or the application to specific cases of §§ 1904.8 through 1904.12.”
How the Missouri citations were classified
Of the 3 citation items: 0 serious, 0 willful, 0 repeat and 3 other-than-serious (0% serious).
Who was inspected in Missouri
33% of the 3 inspections with a recorded headcount were at sites with 1 to 10 employees. The headcount is the inspected site's, not the employer's total.
| 1 to 10 | 1 |
| 11 to 25 | 1 |
| 26 to 100 | 1 |
| Construction | 2 |
| Manufacturing | 1 |
| Residential Building Construction | 1 |
| Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors | 1 |
| Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing | 1 |
When the items were issued
By quarter of FY2025: Oct to Dec 2024: 0; Jan to Mar 2025: 0; Apr to Jun 2025: 2; Jul to Sep 2025: 1.
Who enforced in Missouri
Missouri has no OSHA-approved State Plan, so federal OSHA ordinarily enforces its standards at private workplaces there. All 3 of the items were recorded by federal OSHA offices. OSHA's list of State Plans.
Missouri against the other states
Missouri ranks 13th of the 29 states with items under 29 CFR 1904.4 in this data. The most items: Virginia 8; Massachusetts 8; Texas 8; Arizona 6; New York 6. In all, the data record 90 citation items under 29 CFR 1904.4; the 3 in Missouri are 3.3% of them. Penalty maximums: OSHA penalties in Missouri.
Next steps for a Missouri employer
- What the standard says: 29 CFR 1904.4, Recording Criteria
- Free tool: OSHA 300A Auto-Filler
- Free tool: OSHA Recordability Decision Tree
- Software: OSHA recordkeeping in HazComFast
Counts by HazComFast from the Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement data, extracted Oct 13, 2026; deleted items left out, 29 CFR numbers only. They are not figures OSHA publishes for the state, and the live database can change them. Same data source and method as our HazCom enforcement study. Not legal advice.