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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XXXI
LABOR
Chapter 442
Occupational Safety And Health
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Chapter 442, Florida Statutes 2000

CHAPTER 442

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH

442.001  Short title.

442.002  Definitions.

442.003  Legislative intent.

442.004  Safety inspections, consultations; rules.

442.005  Division to make study of occupational diseases, etc.

442.006  Investigations by the division; refusal to admit; penalty.

442.007  Safety; employer responsibilities.

442.008  Division authority.

442.009  Right of entry.

442.0105  Employers whose employees have a high frequency of work-related injuries.

442.011  Carrier consultations.

442.012  Workplace safety committees and safety coordinators.

442.013  Public sector employer penalties.

442.014  Division cooperation with Federal Government; exemption from Division of Safety requirements.

442.015  Failure to implement a safety and health program; cancellations.

442.016  Expenses of administration.

442.017  Refusal to admit; penalty.

442.018  Employee rights and responsibilities.

442.019  Compliance.

442.020  False statements to carriers.

442.021  Carrier penalties.

442.022  Preemption authority.

442.023  Matters within jurisdiction of the Division of Safety; false, fictitious, or fraudulent acts, statements, and representations prohibited; penalty; statute of limitations.

442.101  Legislative intent concerning toxic substances encountered in the course of employment.

442.102  Definitions; ss. 442.101-442.127.

442.103  Florida Substance List; establishment, content, and revision.

442.104  Secretary to provide information concerning toxic substances.

442.105  Toxic Substances Advisory Council; function; membership; meetings; recommendations.

442.106  Manufacturer, importer, or distributor of toxic substance to provide material safety data sheet; mixture material safety data sheets; exceptions.

442.107  Employer to make effort to obtain unsupplied material safety data sheet.

442.108  Employer to post notice concerning employee rights.

442.109  Material safety data sheet required to be available for employee examination; employer and employee rights when unavailable.

442.111  Trade secrets; claim conditions; disclosure in medical emergency and nonemergency situations.

442.112  Referral to and action by secretary when request for information denied; orders by secretary; review.

442.113  Disclosure of trade secret process or percentage-of-mixture not required.

442.115  Employee education and training.

442.116  Employee rights.

442.118  Presence of toxic substances; notice to fire departments, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement agencies, and local emergency management agencies; penalty.

442.1185  Rules.

442.119  Liability and responsibility of independent contractor, general contractor, and subcontractor.

442.121  Records required to be maintained by employer.

442.123  Civil penalty for, and judicial restraint of, violation of act.

442.125  Annual evaluation report by secretary.

442.126  Local standards relating to toxic substances in the workplace prohibited.

442.127  Comparable federal law prevails over less stringent state law.

442.20  Workplace safety.

442.21  Information identifying employees exercising rights; confidentiality.