Providing Medical Records
Employers are responsible for providing medical exams to their employees in certain circumstances.
Medical exams are designed to evaluate whether an employee is physically capable of performing certain job duties, or whether they have been exposed to hazardous substances or conditions that may have affected their health.
Employers may be required to conduct monitoring or provide medical examinations when employees are:
- working with hazardous chemical or substances such as asbestos
- exposed to lead such as lead-based paints
- working in jobs that require respirators
- exposed to high levels of noise
- working in temperature extremes
- potentially exposed to radiation
Construction and demolition workers may be exposed to asbestos. Plumbers, welders, and painters are among those workers most exposed to lead.
Your employer must give you copies of medical or exposure records involving you if you request them. Medical and exposure records must generally be maintained for 30 years, but there are exceptions. See OSHA Publication 3110 for more information on medical records.
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