2015 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 408 - Labor
Act 154 of 1974 MICHIGAN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT (408.1001 - 408.1094)***** 408.1035a.added THIS ADDED SECTION TAKES EFFECT WHEN ANY PROVISION OF SECTION 14 IS HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, THE ALLOWABLE TIME FOR FILING AN APPEAL HAS EXPIRED OR THE APPELLANT HAS EXHAUSTED ALL AVENUES OF APPEAL, AND SECTION 35 IS REPEALED ***** ***** 408.1035 THIS SECTION IS REPEALED IF SECTION 14, AS AMENDED BY ACT 105 OF 1991, IS HELD TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION AND THE ALLOWABLE TIME FOR FILING AN APPEAL HAS EXPIRED OR THE APPELLANT HAS EXHAUSTED ALL AVENUES OF APPEAL *****
Section 408.1061.amended Records and reports of work illnesses and injuries; access to records by employee; notice to employee of exposure and corrective action; federal requirements not negated.

***** 408.1061.amended THIS AMENDED SECTION IS EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 22, 2016 *****

408.1061.amended Records and reports of work illnesses and injuries; access to records by employee; notice to employee of exposure and corrective action; federal requirements not negated.

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.

(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 USC 667 and 673.

History: 1974, Act 154, Eff. Jan. 1, 1975 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 437, Imd. Eff. Dec. 18, 1996 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 199, Eff. Feb. 22, 2016