§ 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.