Posted By Martin R. Bessant Phil, I am not sure of a statutory need to keep training records for a given time but would suggest like accident report forms they could be useful in supporting you against any future litigation claim for damages. I have had to produce records to prove that individuals have been trained in manual handling to defend a back injury claim and was grateful that we kept records for at least seven years. Regards, Martin.

Posted By domino I believe that the original statement of 6 years is correct. The papers concerned are "company documents" and I believe should be retained, along with all H&S documentation for a period similar to legal, tax and financial documentation. I seem to recall that if a person is exposed to a risk (let us say asbestos in this case) then they have a period of time _from the time they knew of the onset of the disease_ in which to make a compensation claim. Those Safety Training Records showing that the individual was given intensive training in the use of PPE, with regular updates and/or re-training, would be a document in defence - especially if it could subsequently be proven that the individual hadn't been using the supplied ppe. I believe that all "versions" of H&S documentation should also be retained to show an evolving safety environment, the provision of such would be evidence that on a given date certain versions were extant and that the individual had not complied. whilst not a definitive answer I hope this helps. domino