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1904.33
4 OSHA and HazCom articles tagged "1904.33" — practical, CFR-cited guidance verified against primary sources.
What Happens to Your OSHA Records When You Cancel Your Safety Software?
Your 300 Log obligation runs five years past the calendar year it covers. A typical SaaS retention window runs 30 to 90 days past your last invoice. Nobody connects those two numbers until an inspector asks for a log that now lives in a closed account.
How Long Do You Have to Keep Each OSHA Record? The Chart, With Citations
Five years for the 300 Log — counted from the end of the calendar year, not from the day you wrote it. Thirty years for the chemical inventory, not five. And for the training file everyone tells you to keep 'at least a year'? No federal duration exists. Every line below carries its citation, including the lines that say so.
The Four-Business-Hour Rule: Producing Your OSHA 300 Logs During an Inspection
When an OSHA compliance officer asks for your injury and illness records, 29 CFR 1904.40 gives you four business hours to hand over copies. What they can ask for, how far back it reaches, who counts as an authorized government representative, and why late production is a citation of its own.
How to Correct or Update the OSHA 300 Log
An entry on the 300 log isn't frozen once you write it. OSHA requires you to keep the log current for five years: how to correct an error, reclassify a case, and add a late-discovered injury the right way.