Designation:E1076–85(Reapproved1999)StandardPracticeforMaintainingHealthandSafetyRecordsatSolidWasteProcessingFacilities1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationE1076;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thepurposeofthispracticeistoprovideguidancetosolidwasteprocessingfacilitymanagersresponsibleformain-tainingrecordsofthehealthandsafetyexperienceoftheiremployees.Thispracticedescribesgeneralprinciplesforestablishingaproceduretocollectanddocumenthealthandsafetydatawithinasolidwasteprocessingfacilityandpro-videsspecificinformationontheformsandprocedurestobeusedinrecordingillnessesamongemployees.1.2Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1OSHAStandard:29CFR1910.20AccesstoRecords23.SignificanceandUse3.1Thispracticeisintendedforuseinresourcerecoveryandothertypesofsolidwasteprocessingfacilities.Theoccupationalhealthrisksinsuchfacilitiesarenotwelldocu-mentedandthepurposeofthispracticeistofacilitaterecordingofinformationthatcanbeusefulinassessingtheoccupationalhealthsignificanceofworkinginthesefacilities.3.2Therecordsdevelopedandmaintainedinaccordancewiththispracticecanbeusedasabasisforspottingtrends(ifany)inthetypesorfrequency,orboth,ofinjuriesandillnesses.Thisinformationmay,incombinationwithdataonenviron-mentalhealthconditionswithinawasteprocessingfacility,beusefulinidentifyingpossiblecause/effectrelationships.3.3Thispracticeisnotintendedasadesignguideforanoccupationalhealthandsafetyprogrambutratherisintendedtobuilduponexistingoccupationalhealthprogramsandtoutilizecurrentlyavailablehealthandenvironmentalrecords.4.Recordsto...
