1910.1020(c)(6)(i): Employee medical record
Key takeaways
- 1910.1020(c)(6)(i) is part of OSHA's general industry standards (29 CFR Part 1910).
- Related part: 1910.1020(c)(14) Trade secret.
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What this rule covers
29 CFR 1910.1020(c)(6)(i) ("Employee medical record") is one requirement inside 1910.1020 Access to employee exposure and medical records, an OSHA general industry standard (Part 1910). It includes 6 sub-paragraphs. The official text below is copied word for word from the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR). The numbers, injury cases and training on this page show how OSHA enforces it on real job sites.
Official text
(i) Employee medical record means a record concerning the health status of an employee which is made or maintained by a physician, nurse, or other health care personnel or technician, including:
(A) Medical and employment questionnaires or histories (including job description and occupational exposures),
(B) The results of medical examinations (pre-employment, pre-assignment, periodic, or episodic) and laboratory tests (including chest and other X-ray examinations taken for the purposes of establishing a base-line or detecting occupational illness, and all biological monitoring not defined as an “employee exposure record”), Open (c)(6)(i)(b)
(C) Medical opinions, diagnoses, progress notes, and recommendations,
(D) First aid records,
(E) Descriptions of treatments and prescriptions, and
(F) Employee medical complaints.
Source: eCFR, text current as of 2026-10-15. Read all of 1910.1020.
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Related parts of this rule
- 1910.1020(c)(14) Trade secret
- 1910.1020(c)(8)
- 1910.1020(c)(13) Toxic substance or harmful physical agent
- 1910.1020(c)(10) Record
- 1910.1020(c)(7) Employer
- 1910.1020(c) Definitions
- 1910.1020(c)(3) Designated representative
- 1910.1020(c)(5) Employee exposure record
- 1910.1020(c)(5)(i)
- 1910.1020(c)(5)(iii)
- 1910.1020(c)(6)
- 1910.1020(c)(6)(i)(B)
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Sources
- 29 CFR 1910.1020 (eCFR), text current as of 2026-10-15
- U.S. Department of Labor enforcement data: OSHA inspections, citations and accident records, copied nightly
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