N.Y. Labor Law § 879: Records

§ 879. Records. Employers shall keep a record of the name, address and

social security number of every employee who handles or uses a substance

or substances included in section nineteen hundred ten of the federal

occupational safety and health regulations, subparagraph z and which

such substance or substances was or were handled or used by which

employee. Such record shall be made available to each affected employee,

former employee, designated physician or representative and the

commissioner of health, upon request, for examination and copying. Such

record shall be kept for forty years. Such records shall be sent to the

department of health if the employer's establishment ceases to operate

within the state of New York.