Sec. 31-40l. Information requirements for employer using or producing toxic substances.
Sec. 31-40l. Information requirements for employer using or producing toxic
substances. (a) Each employer shall provide information on the toxic substances which
he uses or produces in the manufacture of any item, product or material, or which he
uses or produces for purposes of research, experimentation or treatment, for each of his
new employees, during the first month of their employment, as follows: (1) The name
of the toxic substance, including generic or chemical name; (2) the location of toxic
substances to which the employee may be exposed; (3) the properties of toxic substances
to which employees may be exposed; (4) the acute and chronic effects of exposure
at hazardous levels and the symptoms of effect of such exposure, to the extent such
information is available from the manufacturer, the supplier, the Federal Occupational
Safety and Health Administration and the Labor Department's Division of Occupational
Safety and Health; (5) appropriate emergency treatment; (6) proper conditions for safe
use of and exposure to such toxic substances; and (7) procedures for cleanup of leaks
and spills of such toxic substances. All such information shall be provided, to the extent
practicable, in informal and readily understandable language. Each employer shall also
provide such information for any employee who is transferred from one job to another
by the employer, within one month of such transfer, if the employee is exposed to
additional toxic substances in his new job.
(b) Upon distribution of information to an employee under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or subsection (c) of section 31-40k, the employer may require
the employee to sign a statement acknowledging receipt of such information.
(P.A. 82-251, S. 3, 8.)
History: P.A. 82-251 effective July 1, 1983.