§ 28-21-6 Access to written records –
Availability. –
Chemical identification lists required by this chapter as defined in §
28-21-1 and/or material safety data sheets shall be made available upon request
for examination and copying to any affected employee or employee representative
of employee(s) within three (3) working days of the request, not including
weekends or holidays. Upon being informed of the failure of an employer to
provide the information as required, the director of the department of labor
and training shall within seven (7) days make demand upon the employer for the
information, and the employer shall subsequently provide the requesting
employee or employee representative and the director of the department of labor
and training with the information or copies of it within twenty-four (24) hours
of receipt of the demand, not including weekends or holidays. Each annual
chemical identification list shall be kept by the employer for a period of
thirty (30) years.
(P.L. 1983, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1984, ch. 441, § 1.)