Information Bank Details
Asbestos Workers Registry
- Location
- Stored in secure location subject to Ontario Health Internal Data Access Request process.
- Personal Information Maintained
- Information on workers working within particular types of operations involving asbestos: Demographic data, Contact information, Employer information, Employment information
- Disclosure
- Not available
- Uses
- Research Project: Mortality and Cancer Incidence among Workers in the Ontario Asbestos Worker Registry
- Users
- Researchers within the Occupational Cancer Research Centre (OCRC) at Ontario Health.
- Individuals in the Bank
- Workers working within particular types of operations involving asbestos pursuant to Ontario Regulation 278/05 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
- Retention and Disposal
- Data will be destroyed seven years after the Research Project completion and no copies of the data will be retained.
Last Updated: June 23, 2025