DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRSLABOR AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

DIRECTOR'S OFFICE

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTHGENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS

Filed with the secretary of state on

These rules take effect immediately upon filing with the secretary of state unless adopted under section 33, 44, or 45a(6) of the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.233, 24.244, or 24.245a.  Rules adopted under these sections become effective 7 days after filing with the secretary of state.

(By authority conferred on the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairslabor and economic opportunity by sections 14 and 24 of the Michigan occupational safety and health act, 1974 PA 154, MCL 408.1014 and 408.1024, and Executive Reorganization Orders Nos. 1996-1, 1996-2, 2003-1, 2008-4, and 2011-4, and 2019-3, MCL 330.3101, 445.2001, 445.2011, 445.2025, and 445.2030, and 125.1998)

R 325.47201 of the Michigan Administrative Code is amended, as follows:

GENERAL INDUSTRY SAFETY AND HEALTH

PART 472. MEDICAL SERVICES AND FIRST AID

R 325.47201 Medical services and first aid.

  Rule 7201. (1) An employer shall ensure the ready availability of medical personnel for advice and consultation on matters of plant health.

  (2) An employer shall ensure that, in the absence of an infirmary, clinic, or hospital in near proximity to the workplace which is used for the treatment of all injured employees, a person or persons shall be adequately trained to render first aid. Adequate first aid supplies shall be readily available.

  (3) An employer shall ensure that suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body are provided within the work area for immediate emergency use when the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious or corrosive materials.

  (4) In areas where 911 emergency dispatch services are not available, the telephone numbers of the physicians, hospitals, or ambulances shall be conspicuously posted.

  (5) In areas where 911 emergency dispatch services are available and an employer uses a communication system for contacting necessary emergency-medical service, the employer must:

  (a)  Ensure that the communication system is effective in contacting the emergency-medical service; and

  (b)  When using a communication system in an area that does not automatically supply the caller’s latitude and longitude information to the 911 emergency dispatcher, the employer must post in a conspicuous location at the worksite either:

  (i)  The latitude and longitude of the worksite; or

  (ii)  Other location-identification information that communicates effectively to employees the location of the worksite.

  (c)  The requirement specified in subrule (5)(b) of this rule does not apply to worksites with a readily available telephone that has 911 emergency service that automatically identifies the location of the caller.