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.