Chemical Hygiene Plan - Queensborough Community College ...

A regular schedule of laboratory inspections will be posted in the bulletin board
outside of each department office. Records of all laboratory inspections will be
kept in the office of the Chemical Hygiene Officer at A204. Maintenance records
will be kept by the Buildings and Grounds Department in SER215.
5. Medical information
Medical information resulting from medical consultations and exams conducted
in response to workplace exposures or incidents. These records will be kept by the
Personnel Office and access to them will be restricted.
6. Air monitoring results and exposure records are kept at the EHS Office A204.
7. Respiratory protection program are kept at the EHS Office A204.
8. Chemical Hygiene Committee meeting minutes are kept at the EHS Office
A204
9. OSHA's Access to Medical and Exposure Records:
OSHA's Access to Medical and Exposure Records Standard (29 CFR Part 1910.20)
further specifies that employees have a right to results of personal medical examinations
conducted by or on behalf of the employer, and a right to results of the monitoring of the
ambient air in the employee's workplace
a) All employees, their representatives by written authorization, and
their union representatives have the right to:
(1) Workplace monitoring or measuring of a toxic substance
(2) Biological monitoring that assesses level of toxicity to exposed employee not
including alcohol and drugs
(3) Material Safety Data Sheets
(4) Chemical inventory or other documents that reveal identity and use of
harmful physical agents
(5) Employee medical records, which may include:
· Medical questionaires, histories
· Results of all medical examinations, and laboratory tests such as preemployment
testing
· Medical opinions, notes, recommendations
· First aid records
· Treatments and prescriptions
· Medical complaints
The employer must provide requested material within 15 working days. Copies
must be made available at no cost to the employee or employee representative.
The employer may loan records to the employee or representative for the purpose
of making copies. Copies of any and all medical records, in addition to those
specified in the standard, should be made available to employees and their
representatives.
Medical records of employees with one or more years employment must be kept
30 years after the employee's employment is terminated. An employee with less
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