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1910.1020(d) Preservation of Records

OSHA 1910 General Industry > Z Toxic and Hazardous Substances > 1910.1020 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records > 1910.1020(d) Preservation of Records
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1910.1020(d)(1)

Unless a specific occupational safety and health standard provides a different period of time, each employer shall assure the preservation and retention of records as follows:

1910.1020(d)(1)(i) "Employee Medical Records"

The medical record for each employee shall be preserved and maintained for at least the duration of employment plus thirty (30) years, except that the following types of records need not be retained for any specified period:

1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(A)

Health insurance claims records maintained separately from the employer's medical program and its records,

1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(B)

First aid records (not including medical histories) of one-time treatment and subsequent observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, splinters, and the like which do not involve medical treatment, loss of consciousness, restriction of work or motion, or transfer to another job, if made on-site by a non-physician and if maintained separately from the employer's medical program and its records, and

1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(C)

The medical records of employees who have worked for less than (1) year for the employer need not be retained beyond the term of employment if they are provided to the employee upon the termination of employment.

1910.1020(d)(1)(iii) Analyses Using Exposure or Medical Records

Each analysis using exposure or medical records shall be preserved and maintained for at least thirty (30) years.

1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)

"Employee exposure records." Each employee exposure record shall be preserved and maintained for at least thirty (30) years, except that:

1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)(A)

Background data to environmental (workplace) monitoring or measuring, such as laboratory reports and worksheets, need only be retained for one (1) year so long as the sampling results, the collection methodology (sampling plan), a description of the analytical and mathematical methods used, and a summary of other background data relevant to interpretation of the results obtained, are retained for at least thirty (30) years; and

1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)(B)

Material safety data sheets and paragraph (c)(5)(iv) records concerning the identity of a substance or agent need not be retained for any specified period as long as some record of the identity (chemical name if known) of the substance or agent, where it was used, and when it was used is retained for at least thirty (30) years(1); and

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Footnote(1) Material safety data sheets must be kept for those chemicals currently in use that are effected by the Hazard Communication Standard in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1200(g).

1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)(C)

Biological monitoring results designated as exposure records by specific occupational safety and health standards shall be preserved and maintained as required by the specific standard.

1910.1020(d)(2)

Nothing in this section is intended to mandate the form, manner, or process by which an employer preserves a record so long as the information contained in the record is preserved and retrievable, except that chest X-ray films shall be preserved in their original state.

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or medical records shall be preserved and maintained for at least thirty (30) years ...
OSHA 1910 General Industry > Z Toxic and Hazardous Substances > 1910.1020 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records > 1910.1020(d) Preservation of Records
1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(A) Toxic and Hazardous Substances,
Health insurance claims records maintained separately from the employer's medical program and its records, ...
OSHA 1910 General Industry > Z Toxic and Hazardous Substances > 1910.1020 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records > 1910.1020(d) Preservation of Records > 1910.1020(d)(1) > 1910.1020(d)(1)(i) "Employee Medical Records" > 1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(A)
1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(B) Toxic and Hazardous Substances,
First aid records (not including medical histories) of one-time treatment and subsequent observation of minor scratches, cuts, burns, splinters ...
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1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(C) Toxic and Hazardous Substances,
The medical records of employees who have worked for less than (1) year for the employer need not be retained beyond the term of employment ...
OSHA 1910 General Industry > Z Toxic and Hazardous Substances > 1910.1020 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records > 1910.1020(d) Preservation of Records > 1910.1020(d)(1) > 1910.1020(d)(1)(i) "Employee Medical Records" > 1910.1020(d)(1)(i)(C)
1910.1020(d)(1)(ii) Toxic and Hazardous Substances,
"Employee exposure records." Each employee exposure record shall be preserved and maintained for at least thirty (30) years, except ...
OSHA 1910 General Industry > Z Toxic and Hazardous Substances > 1910.1020 Access to Employee Exposure and Medical Records > 1910.1020(d) Preservation of Records > 1910.1020(d)(1) > 1910.1020(d)(1)(ii)
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