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['Medical and Exposure Records']
['Medical and Exposure Records']
12/20/2023
Institute
Medical and Exposure Records
Medical and Exposure Records
Safety & Health
Test Yourself Questions
General Industry Safety
English
Analysis
Focus Area
USA
Test Yourself: Are these employee medical or exposure records under 1910.1020?
Do you know which records must be retained, and for how long? Click below to see answers.
- An employee who will use a respirator completes the medical questionnaire from 1910.134 Appendix C, which is then sent to a physician for review. Is that an employee medical record under 1910.1020?
- Yes
- No
- If an employee goes to a hospital for a work-related injury but is given only first aid treatment, does OSHA consider that an employee medical record?
- Yes, the record was made by a physician or health care professional.
- No, first aid records are not counted as employee medical records.
- An employer conducts air sampling for a substance listed in Subpart Z, but the results are well below the listed action level so no further sampling is required. Do those results count as an employee exposure record?
- Yes, it doesn’t matter if the results were below acceptable levels.
- No, because the levels identified are not hazardous to employees.
- An employer asks employees to complete a questionnaire on environmental conditions in the workplace, such as how they feel about the temperature and humidity. Are those questionnaires considered employee exposure records?
- Yes, evaluating temperature and humidity creates an exposure record.
- No, because there were no actual measurements of conditions.
Test Yourself: Are these employee medical or exposure records under 1910.1020?: Answers
- Yes.
- Yes, the record was made by a physician or health care professional.
- Yes, it doesn’t matter if the results were below acceptable levels.
- No, because there were no actual measurements of conditions.
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Medical and Exposure Records
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Medical and Exposure Records
Test Yourself: Are these employee medical or exposure records under 1910.1020?
Do you know which records must be retained, and for how long? Click below to see answers.
- An employee who will use a respirator completes the medical questionnaire from 1910.134 Appendix C, which is then sent to a physician for review. Is that an employee medical record under 1910.1020?
- Yes
- No
- If an employee goes to a hospital for a work-related injury but is given only first aid treatment, does OSHA consider that an employee medical record?
- Yes, the record was made by a physician or health care professional.
- No, first aid records are not counted as employee medical records.
- An employer conducts air sampling for a substance listed in Subpart Z, but the results are well below the listed action level so no further sampling is required. Do those results count as an employee exposure record?
- Yes, it doesn’t matter if the results were below acceptable levels.
- No, because the levels identified are not hazardous to employees.
- An employer asks employees to complete a questionnaire on environmental conditions in the workplace, such as how they feel about the temperature and humidity. Are those questionnaires considered employee exposure records?
- Yes, evaluating temperature and humidity creates an exposure record.
- No, because there were no actual measurements of conditions.
Test Yourself: Are these employee medical or exposure records under 1910.1020?: Answers
- Yes.
- Yes, the record was made by a physician or health care professional.
- Yes, it doesn’t matter if the results were below acceptable levels.
- No, because there were no actual measurements of conditions.
Do you know which records must be retained, and for how long? Click below to see answers.
- An employee who will use a respirator completes the medical questionnaire from 1910.134 Appendix C, which is then sent to a physician for review. Is that an employee medical record under 1910.1020?
- Yes
- No
- If an employee goes to a hospital for a work-related injury but is given only first aid treatment, does OSHA consider that an employee medical record?
- Yes, the record was made by a physician or health care professional.
- No, first aid records are not counted as employee medical records.
- An employer conducts air sampling for a substance listed in Subpart Z, but the results are well below the listed action level so no further sampling is required. Do those results count as an employee exposure record?
- Yes, it doesn’t matter if the results were below acceptable levels.
- No, because the levels identified are not hazardous to employees.
- An employer asks employees to complete a questionnaire on environmental conditions in the workplace, such as how they feel about the temperature and humidity. Are those questionnaires considered employee exposure records?
- Yes, evaluating temperature and humidity creates an exposure record.
- No, because there were no actual measurements of conditions.
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