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