[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 5]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1904.7]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
CHAPTER XVII--OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT 
                                OF LABOR
 
PART 1904--RECORDING AND REPORTING OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND ILLNESSES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1904.7  Access to records.

    (a) Each employer shall provide, upon request, records provided for 
in Secs. 1904.2, 1904.4, and 1904.5, for inspection and copying by any 
representative of the Secretary of Labor for the purpose of carrying out 
the provisions of the act, and by representatives of the Secretary of 
Health, Education, and Welfare during any investigation under section 
20(b) of the act, or by any representative of a State accorded 
jurisdiction for occupational safety and

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health inspections or for statistical compilation under sections 18 and 
24 of the act.
    (b)(1) The log and summary of all recordable occupational injuries 
and illnesses (OSHA No. 200) (the log) provided for in Sec. 1904.2 
shall, upon request, be made available by the employer to any employee, 
former employee, and to their representatives for examination and 
copying in a reasonable manner and at reasonable times. The employee, 
former employee, and their representatives shall have access to the log 
for any establishment in which the employee is or has been employed.
    (2) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to preclude employees 
and employee representatives from collectively bargaining to obtain 
access to information relating to occupational injuries and illnesses in 
addition to the information made available under this section.
    (3) Access to the log provided under this section shall pertain to 
all logs retained under the requirements of Sec. 1904.6.

[43 FR 31329, July 21, 1978]