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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 1521 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6727 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 1521 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYEES |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | REP. MORIN, 28th Dist. |
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| 18 | 18 | | AN ACT AN ACT CONCERNING SAFETY METRICS. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 20 | 20 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 22 | 22 | | That section 31-383 of the general statutes be amended to require the 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Connecticut Occupational Safety and Health Administration to 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | compile an annual report to be presented to the legislature containing 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the following information for the state: (1) The number of injured 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | workers and their corresponding demographics, (2) the number of 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Connecticut Occupational Safety and Health Administration and 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigations, 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (3) the number of workplace citations, (4) the number of antiretaliation 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | cases, (5) new regulations issued, (6) the number of workplace 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | fatalities, (7) the number of criminal prosecutions for workplace 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | fatalities, (8) worker safety and environmental research being 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | conducted at state universities, (9) relevant legislation introduced or 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | passed, (10) the number and types of hazards abated, (11) the number 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of work zone accidents, (12) the number and types of toxins released, 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | according to Environmental Protection Agency data, (13) the extent of 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | air and water pollution, and (14) relevant data from the Department of 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Public Health, the Department of Energy and Environmental 17 Proposed Bill No. 6727 |
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| 41 | 41 | | LCO No. 1521 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Protection, the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, the Office of the 18 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Attorney General, the Workers' Compensation Commission and the 19 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 20 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 47 | 47 | | To provide the legislature with accurate data on the number of injured |
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| 48 | 48 | | workers across various occupations in the state. |
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