Bill Text: MI HB5618 | 2021-2022 | 101st Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Labor: health and safety; written respiratory protection program; require employers to create, and require certain types of breathing apparatuses for fire service personnel. Amends 1974 PA 154 (MCL 408.1001 - 408.1094) by adding sec. 89.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-12-09 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 12/08/2021 [HB5618 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2021-HB5618-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL NO. 5618
A bill to amend 1974 PA 154, entitled
"Michigan occupational safety and health act,"
(MCL 408.1001 to 408.1094) by adding section 89.
the people of the state of michigan enact:
Sec. 89. (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, an employer shall have a written respiratory protection program to address the safe use of respirators in dangerous atmospheres that may be encountered in emergency operations.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this act, an employer shall ensure that a self-contained breathing apparatus for use by fire service personnel is of the positive pressure type. All breathing apparatuses that are purchased after the effective date of this section shall comply with NFPA 1981 "Open Circuit Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus for Fire Fighters", 1997 edition. This subsection does not prohibit the use of a self-contained breathing apparatus where the apparatus can be switched from a demand mode to a positive pressure mode when an employee is performing emergency operations.
