29 CFR 1904.33 · Rhode Island · FY2025
Record Retention in Rhode Island: FY2025 OSHA citations
5 citation items under 29 CFR 1904.33 at inspected sites in Rhode Island, from 5 inspections.
From Oct 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2025, the Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement data record 5 citation items under 29 CFR 1904.33 at inspected sites in Rhode Island, in 5 inspections. Among the 96 sections of 29 CFR parts 1904, 1910 and 1926 cited in Rhode Island that year (772 citation items in all), this one ranks 35th by items. These counts describe inspected establishments, not the whole industry.
Paragraphs of 29 CFR 1904.33 cited in Rhode Island
| Paragraph | Items | Share of the 5 |
|---|---|---|
| 1904.33(a) | 5 | 100% |
“(a) Basic requirement. You must save the OSHA 300 Log, the privacy case list (if one exists), the annual summary, and the OSHA 301 Incident Report forms for five (5) years following the end of the calendar year that these records cover.”
How the Rhode Island citations were classified
Of the 5 citation items: 0 serious, 0 willful, 0 repeat and 5 other-than-serious (0% serious).
Who was inspected in Rhode Island
40% of the 5 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 | 2 |
| 11 to 25 | 2 |
| 26 to 100 | 1 |
| Manufacturing | 2 |
| Retail Trade | 2 |
| Construction | 1 |
| Household and Institutional Furniture and Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing | 1 |
| Specialty Food Retailers | 1 |
| Grocery and Convenience Retailers | 1 |
When the items were issued
By quarter of FY2025: Oct to Dec 2024: 1; Jan to Mar 2025: 3; Apr to Jun 2025: 0; Jul to Sep 2025: 1.
Who enforced in Rhode Island
Rhode Island has no OSHA-approved State Plan, so federal OSHA ordinarily enforces its standards at private workplaces there. All 5 of the items were recorded by federal OSHA offices. OSHA's list of State Plans.
Rhode Island against the other states
Rhode Island ranks 5th of the 24 states and territories with items under 29 CFR 1904.33 in this data. The most items: Maine 49; Kentucky 11; Pennsylvania 8; Iowa 7; Rhode Island 5. In all, the data record 113 citation items under 29 CFR 1904.33; the 5 in Rhode Island are 4.4% of them. Penalty maximums: OSHA penalties in Rhode Island.
Next steps for a Rhode Island employer
- What the standard says: 29 CFR 1904.33, Record Retention
- 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.