No, they cannot. As I recall, there was a court decision (OSHA v. Westvaco?) that held that OSHA cannot require any documentation not specifically asked for by a reg. The decision had to do with the Process Safety Management standard, which has specific documentation requirements, and OSHA tried to cite Westvaco for not having some docs that they weren't required by reg to have. Annoyingly, I cannot find the reference, though. Might have been OSHRC, rather than a court, but I can't find it there either.
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