WAC 296-802-20010   Keep employee exposure records.  

     IMPORTANT:

     You do not need to keep employee exposure records for exposure to toxic substances when they are:

     • Purchased as a consumer product;

     AND

     • Used in the same manner and frequency that a consumer would use them.

     You must:

     • Keep employee exposure records for at least thirty years from the date the exposure record was made. These records include the following:

     – The sampling results.

     – The collection methodology (sampling plan).

     – A description of the analytical and mathematical methods used.

     – Background data to environmental monitoring or measuring, such as laboratory reports and work sheets.

Note:

You do not have to keep the actual background data for more than one year if you keep a summary of the data for thirty years.

     You must:

     Keep a record, for at least thirty years, of the identity of any toxic substance used in your workplace. Include:

     • Where the substance was used.

     • When the substance was used.

Note:

The identity may be retained either as part of the exposure record or as a separate record.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, 49.17.040, 49.17.050, and 49.17.060. 04-10-026, § 296-802-20010, filed 4/27/04, effective 8/1/04.]