• Employers must establish and maintain records of all required monitoring activities, and retain them for at least 40 years or the duration of employment plus 20 years, whichever is longer.

Specific recordkeeping requirements for lead require the employer to:

Where an initial exposure monitoring determination is made that no employee is exposed to airborne concentrations of lead at or above the action level, make a record of such a determination.

Obtain and furnish the employee with a copy of a written medical opinion from each examining or consulting physician including items listed in 1910.1025(j).

Establish and maintain (at least 40 years or for the duration of employment plus 20 years, whichever is longer) an accurate record of all monitoring required, including items listed in 1910.1025(n). Provide exposure monitoring records upon request to employees, designated representatives, and the Department of Labor.

Establish and maintain an accurate record for each employee subject to medical surveillance, including items listed in 1910.1025(n).

Keep (for at least 40 years, or for the duration of employment plus 20 years, whichever is longer), or ensure that the examining physician keeps, the medical records listed in 1910.1025(n). Provide medical records upon request to employees, designated representatives, and the Department of Labor.

Establish and maintain (for at least the duration of an employee’s employment) an accurate record for each employee removed from current exposure to lead, including items listed in 1910.1025(n). Provide medical removal records upon request to employees, designated representatives, and the Department of Labor.