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Section 89B.12 – Community information and complaints on hazardous chemicals.

89B.12 Community information and complaints on hazardous chemicals. 1. The public has a right to be informed about the presence of hazardous chemicals in the community and the potential health and environmental hazards that the chemicals pose. 2. The division of labor services shall receive and handle requests for information and complaints under this subchapter […]

Section 89B.13 – Accessibility of records.

89B.13 Accessibility of records. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, records that are required to be kept by employers under this chapter shall be accessible to the public. As used in this section “accessible to the public” means either of the following: a. The records are filed with the division. b. The records are […]

Section 89B.14 – Signs identifying hazardous chemicals.

89B.14 Signs identifying hazardous chemicals. If a building or structure has a floor space of five thousand square feet or less, an employer shall post signs on the outside of the building or structure identifying the type of each hazardous chemical contained in the building or structure. If the building has more than five thousand […]

Section 89B.15 – Information for emergency response departments.

89B.15 Information for emergency response departments. 1. At the same time that an employer provides the information to employees required under subchapter II, the employer shall submit to the local fire department a list of hazardous chemicals which are consistently generated by, used by, stored at, or transported from the employer’s facility. The information shall […]

Section 89B.17 – Recommendations.

89B.17 Recommendations. 1. The director of public health, the labor commissioner, and the director of the department of natural resources or the director’s designee under written signatures of all these parties may recommend any of the following actions: a. Expansion of the federal occupational safety and health administration’s list of hazardous chemicals or reporting required […]

Section 89B.6 – Liability of state or political subdivision.

89B.6 Liability of state or political subdivision. The state or any of its political subdivisions is not liable for damages in any claim pursuant to chapter 669 or chapter 670 based upon an act or omission of an employee of the state or political subdivision when the employee exercised due care in the execution of […]