referencesource/incident-notification-deadlines

1---2pretty_name: "Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation"3license: other4license_name: source-terms-cited5license_link: https://referencesource.org/incident-notification-deadlines/6language:7- en8tags:9- reference-data10- provenance11- referencesource-org12configs:13- config_name: default14  data_files:15  - split: train16    path: data/records.jsonl17---18# Federal incident notification deadlines by regulation19 20**Canonical, always-current version: https://referencesource.org/incident-notification-deadlines/**21Machine-readable: https://referencesource.org/incident-notification-deadlines/data.json — this mirror is a point-in-time copy.22 23- **Last verified:** 2026-08-1224- **Stale after:** 2027-02-08 (past this date, prefer the canonical copy —25  it re-verifies on a cadence this snapshot does not)26- **Records:** 2327 28The mandatory notification deadlines triggered by workplace, environmental, and transportation incidents under US federal regulations, compared across all major reporting frameworks. Each record is one notification obligation under one regulation, carrying the triggering event, the clock (how fast you must report), who receives the notification, the required method, the threshold that activates the requirement, and any follow-up reporting obligation. Answers 'how fast must I report a workplace fatality to OSHA', 'who do I call for a chemical spill', 'what is the DOT hazmat incident notification deadline', 'do I need to notify the SERC or just the NRC', and 'which incidents require written follow-up within 30 days'. A single incident at a facility can simultaneously trigger 4-6 different federal notification requirements with different deadlines (8 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, immediate, 30 days) and different recipients (OSHA, NRC, SERC, LEPC, EPA region).29 30## Provenance — what every record carries31 32Every record carries `source` (the URL the value was read from) and33`source_quote` (a verbatim quote from that page stating it). A value you34cannot check against its page is indistinguishable from an invented one;35these can all be checked. Each record is also individually addressable on36the canonical site at its `url`.37 38## Licence position39 40US federal regulation — 17 USC 105, no copyright41 42Facts are not copyrightable; what this dataset takes from each source is a43fact plus a short attributed quote linking back to the page that states it.44 45## Sources46 47- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/260748- https://www.osha.gov/recordkeeping/2014/reporting-table49- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/110.650- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/265.5651- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/302.652- https://www.epa.gov/epcra/cercla-and-epcra-continuous-release-reporting53- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/171.1554- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/171.1655- https://www.epa.gov/epcra/epcra-release-notification-rq-any-24-hour-period56- https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/40/355.4057 58## Fields59 60See any record in `data/records.jsonl` — field names are self-describing,61and the canonical page for each record renders them with labels:62https://referencesource.org/incident-notification-deadlines/63