Recordkeeping requirements compliance documentation

Facilities must comply with recordkeeping requirements. Generators must maintain certain documentation on-site so that states and EPA can ensure the generators are maintaining compliance with the conditions of the exclusion. This documentation must include ... 

The 2006 Proposal also included a requirement that renovation firms maintain documentation of compliance with the renovator and worker training requirements and the work practice requirements. This documentation would have had to include signed and dated descriptions of how activities performed by the certified renovator were conducted in compHance with the proposed requirements. To demonstrate how these recordkeeping requirements might be met, EPA prepared and placed into the docket a draft recordkeeping checklist. 

In broad terms, the regulations require operations, products, or activities which conform to the regulation. They also may demand monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting to document compliance. 

Medical recordkeeping, covered by 29 CFR 1910.1020(h), requires employers to keep medical and training records for each employee. OSHA permits employers not to retain medical records of employees working for less than a year need if given to the employee upon termination of employment. Keep medical records confidential except for disclosures permitted by the standard or by other federal, state, or local laws. Make all medical records required by the standard available to OSHA. The compliance officer must protect the confidentiality of these records. If copied for the case file, follow the provisions of 29 CFR 1913.10. Consider records about employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens and documenting their HIV/HBV status as medical records. 

This chapter is your compliance guide through the regulatory maze of injury and illness recordkeeping. Use it to determine if your company is covered and if so, how to document and maintain accurate records of employees work-related injuries and illnesses. Also, at the end of the chapter, you will find copies of the new forms you are required to use. 

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