Union Approach to Health and Safety: - United Steelworkers
Union Approach to Health and Safety: - United Steelworkers
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Sample Request Letter <strong>to</strong> Employer for Employee Exposure Records<br />
Date<br />
Dear (employer representative),<br />
This letter is <strong>to</strong> request copies of all records of exposure testing (including biological moni<strong>to</strong>ring)<br />
conducted in the last five years. OSHA St<strong>and</strong>ard 1910.1020 requires that you provide us with this<br />
information.<br />
We expect <strong>to</strong> receive this within fifteen working days as required by the OSHA St<strong>and</strong>ard.<br />
Thank you.<br />
Yours truly,<br />
(Your name <strong>and</strong> title)<br />
Recordkeeping – Recording <strong>and</strong> Reporting Occupational Injuries <strong>and</strong><br />
Illnesses (29 CFR 1904)<br />
This st<strong>and</strong>ard, known as the “Recordkeeping Rule,” requires most employers <strong>to</strong> keep<br />
injury <strong>and</strong> illness records, <strong>and</strong> make these records available <strong>to</strong> workers <strong>and</strong> union<br />
representatives upon request. Revisions the Recordkeeping Rule created a new set of<br />
employer record-keeping requirements as of January 1, 2002.<br />
The recordkeeping rule covers most employers who have more than ten employees.<br />
Certain employers in “low hazard industries” such as some retail s<strong>to</strong>res, doc<strong>to</strong>rs’ offices,<br />
<strong>and</strong> educational institutions (schools) are exempt (although they are still covered by all<br />
other applicable OSHA st<strong>and</strong>ards).<br />
An employer is required <strong>to</strong> keep three kinds of records: OSHA 300 Log of Work-Related<br />
Injuries <strong>and</strong> Illnesses; Form 301, Injury <strong>and</strong> Illness Incident Report; <strong>and</strong> Form 300-A,<br />
Summary of Work-Related Injuries <strong>and</strong> Illnesses.<br />
OSHA 300 Logs: An employer is required <strong>to</strong> keep a record of all recordable workrelated<br />
injuries/illnesses called an OSHA 300 Log. The recordkeeping rule specifies<br />
what injuries/illnesses must be recorded <strong>and</strong> what specific information must be<br />
recorded. An employer must provide workers <strong>and</strong> their union a copy of the Log by<br />
the end of the next business day following a request. The employer may not remove<br />
the names of the employees before giving workers or their union a copy of the Log –<br />
the names must be left on the Log (with the exception of “privacy concern” cases<br />
which are: recorded injuries <strong>and</strong> illnesses where the injury or illness occurred <strong>to</strong> an<br />
intimate body part or the reproductive system; sexual assaults; mental illnesses; HIV