SB-0213, As Passed Senate, May 20, 2015

SENATE BILL No. 213

March 17, 2015, Introduced by Senator SCHUITMAKER and referred to the Committee on Commerce.

     A bill to amend 1974 PA 154, entitled

"Michigan occupational safety and health act,"

by amending section 61 (MCL 408.1061), as amended by 1996 PA 437.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 61. (1) An employer shall make, keep, and preserve

accurate and timely records and reports of work illnesses and

injuries and report the information to the appropriate department

in a form and in accordance with rules promulgated by the

departments under authority of this act for the purpose of

developing information regarding the causes and prevention of

occupational illnesses and injuries. The employer shall notify the

department of consumer and industry services within 8 hours of a

fatality or any hospitalization of 3 or more employees suffering

injury from the same accident or illness from exposure to the same

health hazard associated with their employment.

     (2) An employer shall maintain accurate records of employee

exposures to potentially toxic substances or harmful physical

agents that are required to be monitored or measured by standards

promulgated by the commissions. An employee or former employee

shall have access to those records that indicate the employee's or

former employee's own exposure to toxic materials or harmful

physical agents.

     (3) An employer shall promptly notify an employee who was or

is being exposed to toxic materials or harmful physical agents in

concentrations or at levels that exceed those prescribed by a rule

or standard promulgated under this act, and shall inform an

employee who is being exposed to those toxic materials or harmful

physical agents of the corrective action being taken.

     (4) This act does not negate the record keeping and reporting

requirements prescribed by sections 18 and 24 of the occupational

safety and health act of 1970, Public Law 91-596, 29 U.S.C. USC 667

and 673.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.