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§1904.2SIC code Industry description64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Services653 Real Estate Agents and Managers654 Title Abstract Offices67 Holding and Other Investment Offices722 Photographic Studios, Portrait723 Beauty Shops724 Barber Shops725 Shoe Repair and Shoeshine Parlors726 Funeral Service and Crematories729 Miscellaneous Personal Services731 Advertising Services732 Credit Reporting and Collection Services733 Mailing, Reproduction, & StenographicServices737 Computer and Data Processing Services738 Miscellaneous Business Services764 Reupholstery and Furniture Repair78 Motion Picture791 Dance Studios, Schools, and Halls792 Producers, Orchestras, EntertainersSIC code Industry description793 Bowling Centers801 Offices & Clinics Of Medical Doctors802 Offices and Clinics Of Dentists803 Offices Of Osteopathic804 Offices Of Other Health Practitioners807 Medical and Dental Laboratories809 Health and Allied Services, Not ElsewhereClassified81 Legal Services82 Educational Services (schools, colleges,universities and libraries)832 Individual and Family Services835 Child Day Care Services839 Social Services, Not Elsewhere Classified841 Museums and Art Galleries86 Membership Organizations87 Engineering, Accounting, Research,Management, and Related Services899 Services, not elsewhere classifiedPREAMBLE DISCUSSION: Section 1904.2(66 FR 5939-5945, Jan. 19, 2001)The following are selected excerpts from the preamble to the Occupational Injury and Illness Recording andReporting Requirements, the Recordkeeping rule (66 FR 5916, 29 CFR Parts 1904 and 1952). These excerptsrepresent some of the key discussions related to the final rule (66 FR 6122, 29 CFR Parts 1904 and 1952).Section 1904.2 Partial exemption for establishmentsin certain industriesSection 1904.2 of the final rule partially exemptsemployers with establishments classified in certainlower-hazard industries. The final rule updates theformer rule’s listing of partially exempted lower-hazardindustries. Lower-hazard industries are thoseStandard Industrial Classification (SIC) code industrieswithin SICs 52-89 that have an average DaysAway, Restricted, or Transferred (DART) rate at orbelow 75% of the national average DART rate. Theformer rule also contained such a list based on datafrom 1978-1980. The final rule’s list differs from thatof the former rule in two respects: (1) the hazardinformation supporting the final rule’s lower-hazardindustry exemptions is based on the most recentthree years of BLS statistics (1996, 1997, 1998), and(2) the exception is calculated at the 3-digit ratherthan 2-digit level.The changes in the final rule’s industry exemptionsare designed to require more employers inhigher-hazard industries to keep records all of thetime and to exempt employers in certain lower-hazardindustries from keeping OSHA injury and illnessrecords routinely. For example, compared with theformer rule, the final rule requires many employersin the 3-digit industries within retail and service sectorindustries that have higher rates of occupationalinjuries and illnesses to keep these records butexempts employers in 3-digit industries within thoseindustries that report a lower rate of occupationalinjury and illness….You determine your Standard IndustrialClassification (SIC) code by using the StandardIndustrial Classification Manual, Executive Office ofthe President, Office of Management and Budget.You may contact your nearest OSHA office or Stateagency for help in determining your SIC.Employers with establishments in those industrysectors shown in Appendix A are not required routinelyto keep OSHA records for their establishments.They must, however, keep records if requested to doso by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in connectionwith its Annual Survey (section 1904.42) or by OSHAin connection with its Data Initiative (section 1904.41).In addition, all employers covered by the OSH Actmust report a work-related fatality, or an accidentthat results in the hospitalization of three or more6OSHA RECORDKEEPINGHANDBOOK