§ 28-21-6 - Access to written records – Availability. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 28-21-6

   § 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 requestfor examination and copying to any affected employee or employee representativeof employee(s) within three (3) working days of the request, not includingweekends or holidays. Upon being informed of the failure of an employer toprovide the information as required, the director of the department of laborand training shall within seven (7) days make demand upon the employer for theinformation, and the employer shall subsequently provide the requestingemployee or employee representative and the director of the department of laborand training with the information or copies of it within twenty-four (24) hoursof receipt of the demand, not including weekends or holidays. Each annualchemical identification list shall be kept by the employer for a period ofthirty (30) years.