The Florida Senate

¹442.20  Workplace safety.--

(1)  The Division of Safety within the Department of Labor and Employment Security shall assist in making the workplace a safer place to work and decreasing the frequency and severity of on-the-job injuries.

(2)  The Division of Safety shall have the authority to adopt rules for the purpose of assuring safe working conditions for all workers by authorizing the enforcement of effective standards, assisting and encouraging employers to maintain safe working conditions, and by providing for education and training in the field of safety. For public sector employers, the division may by rule adopt subparts C through T and subpart Z of 29 C.F.R. part 1910; subparts C through Z of 29 C.F.R. part 1926; subparts A through D, subpart I, and subpart M of 29 C.F.R. part 1928; subparts A through G of 29 C.F.R. part 1917; subparts A through L and subpart Z of 29 C.F.R. part 1915; subparts A through J of 29 C.F.R. part 1918, as revised July 1, 1993, provided that 29 C.F.R. s. 1910.156 applies to volunteer firefighters and fire departments operated by the state ²or political subdivisions; the National Fire Protection Association, Inc., Standard 1500, paragraph 5-7 (Personal Alert Safety System) (1992 edition); and ANSI A 10.4-1990.

(3)  The provisions of chapter 440 which pertain to workplace safety shall be applicable to the Division of Safety.

(4)  The administrative rules of the Department of Labor and Employment Security pertaining to the function of the Bureau of Industrial Safety and Health which are in effect immediately before July 1, 1990, continue in effect as rules of the Division of Safety until specifically amended by the Department of Labor and Employment Security.

(5)  All references to the Assistant Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and to the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and their authorized representatives in the adopted federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards shall, for purposes of this section, mean the Director of the Division of Safety of the Department of Labor and Employment Security or his or her authorized representatives.

History.--s. 5, ch. 90-201; s. 4, ch. 91-1; s. 4, ch. 98-126; s. 14, ch. 99-240.

¹Note.--Repealed July 1, 2000, by s. 14, ch. 99-240.

²Note.--The word "or" was substituted for the word "of" by the editors.