Section 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.