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It isortant to be ablep th(thisinclude ain work a ignment),be sures rtimp toullese canchangess totarecords to defend yourself.n dmain medical records listing days in the restricted-duty colu on the log. If arker isYouee totainfor mnwoinjured on aand isto return to work by his d atyears any employee who has worked around asbestos untilleast 5 Fridayreleasedoctor after the death of that employee, no matterhe or she has stopped on the,don\'t have toinjury as lost time, evenwhen next day yourecord the working for your company.theofit is also a if the next work day is not until Monday. What thetor writes isIncaseasbestos,good docidea toneach employee\'s p lm ) a extremely important on those "lastofwork week" injuries.maintai inersonne file (at mini um list daythe of allthe employee worked on whileat your company. T 300 logis on the tip oficeberg in record keeping. Don\'tjobsemployed helythe F lly, you should maintainlistingltent forget to fully complete, sign, and post the 3 . T the summaryina recordsal compe employees 00A his is incompany, as well as aof all qualified employees for designof all occupational injuries and illnesses for the preceding year. T yourlist his ing f ction systems under the residential exemption language must be fully completed and posted by F 1year, even ifall-prote of ebruaryeach the fall protection standards.records should include the criteria you had no recordables d ging year.It must be signedThese urin the precedby the president or another executive of the company-OSHA is q testandafor each classification and how the employee met thatrd. uiThe preceding is nottended to be allbut r r particular inwho can sign the. U the c in inclusiveathe to give determininglog suallyompany you an idea ofextent ofing responsibilities you have safety director will not be an acceptable signatory, even ifor s hastherecord-keephehe as an employer inconstruction indubeen made an officer.r, albe acceptable.thestry. Howeve regiona manager may MRCA Call for Presentations MRCA M-RCA is activeLyplanning the 201 ONational Conference in Indianapolis, October 28-29, 201 O. Members are invited to submit ato present an educationalsession at the conference. The deadline for submitting proposals is proposal Monday, April 19, 2010. P willbe selectedontheir overallquality,rnlevanee to theroofingindustry, andapplications relatedto resentations technology 0r ousiness practices. ;Ifyou have any questrons please contact Daniel Weinstock, MRCA education Manager, at dweinstock@connect2amc.com /375- 48 Weforward or 84747.lookto receiving your ideas! WTechnical&ResearchCommitteeLegalAdvice-, 5Safety- i'