Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1148
       
       
       
       By Senator Lynn
       
       
       
       
       7-01178-12                                            20121148__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to workplace safety; creating s.
    3         284.51, F.S.; providing definitions; requiring all
    4         public employers to comply with certain federal
    5         Occupational Safety and Health Administration
    6         standards by a certain date; requiring the Department
    7         of Financial Services to annually report injury and
    8         illness data for public employers to the Governor, the
    9         President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House
   10         of Representatives and publish such data on the
   11         department’s website; requiring the department to
   12         provide certain information on its website by a
   13         certain date; providing an effective date.
   14  
   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Section 284.51, Florida Statutes, is created to
   18  read:
   19         284.51 Public employer workplace safety.—
   20         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   21         (a) “Department” means the Department of Financial
   22  Services.
   23         (b) “OSHA” means the Occupational Safety and Health
   24  Administration in the United States Department of Labor.
   25         (c) “Public employer” means any agency within state,
   26  county, or municipal government, including any school district,
   27  which employs individuals for salary, wages, or other
   28  remuneration.
   29         (2) Effective June 30, 2015, all public employers must
   30  comply with OSHA general industry standards, 29 C.F.R. part
   31  1910, and OSHA construction standards, 29 C.F.R. part 1926, as
   32  applicable.
   33         (3) The department shall annually report to the Governor,
   34  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
   35  Representatives the injury and illness data for public employers
   36  in the aggregate as well as on a per-public-employer basis. Such
   37  data shall be published on the department’s website.
   38         (4) Effective October 1, 2012, the department shall
   39  establish and publicize on its website, for public employers and
   40  employees to access, information related to workplace safety.
   41         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.