Section 296-800-18005. Preserve exposure records for at least 30 years.

You must:

• Keep material safety data sheets (MSDSs) and analysis using MSDSs for at least thirty years, including current, former, and future employers receiving transferred records. Preserve MSDSs in any form, as long as the information is not altered and is retrievable. You may keep alternative records instead of MSDSs concerning the identity of a substance. The alternative record must also be kept for thirty years and contain the following information:

– Some record of the identity (chemical name, if known) of a substance or agent

– Where the substance or agent was used

– When the substance or agent was used

Note:	Keeping alternative records may be less work than you think. When developing your hazard communication program's list of hazardous chemicals (WAC 296-800-17010), add the "where used" and "when used" information required by this rule.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050. WSR 01-11-038, § 296-800-18005, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.]

RCW 49.17.010, [49.17].040, and [49.17].050. WSR 01-11-038, § 296-800-18005, filed 5/9/01, effective 9/1/01.

Rules

296-800-17010,