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provide copies of the retained records to authorizedgovernment representatives, and to his or her employeesand employee representatives, as requiredby the new rule.However, OSHA will no longer require employersto update the OSHA Log and summary forms foryears before the year 2002. The former rule requiredemployers to correct errors to the data on the OSHA200 Logs during the five-year retention period and toadd new information about recorded cases. The formerrule also required the employer to adjust thetotals on the Logs if changes were made to cases onthem....OSHA believes it would be confusing andburdensome for employers to update and adjust previousyears’ Logs and Summaries under the formersystem at the same time as they are learning to usethe new OSHA occupational injury and illness recordkeepingsystem.FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: Section 1904.43 (OSHA Instruction, CPL 2-0.135, Chap. 5)Section 1904.43 Summary and posting of the 2001 dataThis section will be developed as letters of interpretation become available.LETTERS OF INTERPRETATION: Section 1904.43Section 1904.43 Summary and posting of the 2001 dataThis section will be developed as letters of interpretation become available.§1904.43OSHA RECORDKEEPINGHANDBOOK179