Section 313.2. Employer responsibilities

(a) A nonmanufacturing employer shall provide an annual education and training program for employes exposed to hazardous substances or hazardous mixtures found in the employe’s work area. This program shall be provided at least once in a calendar year.

(b) A new employe shall be trained in regard to the hazardous substances or hazardous mixtures found in the work area under subsection (a). This initial training shall take place within 120 days of hire.

(c) If necessary, additional instruction shall be provided to appropriate employes if any of the following events occurs:

(1) The potential for the employe’s exposure to the hazardous substance or hazardous mixture is different from that for which training was previously provided to the employe.

(2) An employe is reassigned to a different work area, resulting in exposure to hazardous substances or hazardous mixtures which is different from the hazards for which training was previously provided to the employe.

(3) A nonmanufacturing employer receives new and significant information concerning the hazardous substance or hazardous mixture in the employe’s work area and to which the employe is exposed.

(d) The nonmanufacturing employer shall maintain written records of names of employes who were trained and dates of training. The records shall be retained until superseded by the records of the next annual training, and shall be made available upon request to an authorized representative of the Department during an investigation or inspection under section 14 of the act (35 P. S. § 7314).