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MT Code § 50-76-114 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 76. Hoisting Engines|Part 1. General Provisions|50-76-114. Failure of licensee to have possession of license or proof of license while operating equipment

  50-76-114. Failure of licensee to have possession of license or proof of license while operating equipment. (1) A person may not operate any equipment covered by licensure under this chapter unless the person has possession of the license or proof of licensure at the time the person is operating the equipment.   (2) The department shall issue a citation to any person violating the provisions of subsection (1). The department may direct an employee of the department to conduct onsite inspections to determine compliance with subsection (1) and to issue citations for violations of subsection (1).   (3) The citation must include:   (a) the time and date on which the citation is issued;   (b) the name, address, and mailing address of the person receiving the citation;   (c) information explaining the procedure for paying the fine or for providing the department with proof of licensure;   (d) a statement that the amount of the fine is $100 and that the person receiving the citation has 30 days from the date of the citation to pay the fine or to submit proof of licensure to the department; and   (e) a statement that failure to pay the fine or to provide proof of licensure may result in revocation of the license of the person receiving the citation.   (4) The department shall waive the fine for any person who provides proof of licensure within the 30-day period provided in subsection (3)(d).   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 93, L. 2005.
MT Code § 50-77-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 77. Construction Site Health and Safety|Part 1. General Provisions|50-77-101. Scaffolds -- definition -- safety practices -- liability

  50-77-101. Scaffolds -- definition -- safety practices -- liability. (1) As used in this part, "scaffold" or "scaffolding" means a temporarily elevated platform and its supporting structure that is used on a construction site to support a person, material, or both. The term includes a ladder or other equipment that is the exclusive route of access to the scaffold but does not include any other ladder or other mobile construction equipment.   (2) Employers and employees shall follow safety practices commonly recognized in the construction industry as well as applicable state and federal occupational safety laws.   (3) Subject to the comparative negligence principles provided in Title 27, chapter 1, part 7, a contractor, subcontractor, or builder who uses or constructs a scaffold on a construction site is liable for damages sustained by any person who uses the scaffold, except a fellow employee or immediate employer, when the damages are caused by negligence of the contractor, subcontractor, or builder in the use or construction of the scaffold.   (4) If a person dies from an injury caused by the negligent use or construction of a scaffold, the right of action survives and may be prosecuted and maintained by the decedent's heirs or personal representatives.   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 107, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 2672, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2672, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 8, Ch. 187, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1401; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 404, L. 1995; (3), (4)En. Sec. 2, Ch. 404, L. 1995.
MT Code § 50-77-102 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 77. Construction Site Health and Safety|Part 1. General Provisions|50-77-102. Temporary floors for protection of workers

  50-77-102. Temporary floors for protection of workers. (1) It is the duty of an owner, person, or corporation that has the direct and immediate supervision or control of the construction or remodeling of any building having more than three framed floors, whether some or all of the floors are above or below the established street grade, to provide and lay upon the upper side of the joists or girders, or both, of the first floor below the riveters and structural steel setters a plank floor, which must be laid to form a good substantial temporary floor for the protection of employees and all persons engaged above or below or on the temporary floor in the building.   (2) If the permanent floor is in place on the floor required to be planked, a temporary protective floor may not be required.   (3) If the floor or permanent floor of the second floor, any other floor above the second floor, or the roof is being placed previous to the permanent floor immediately below the floor that is being arched or planked, a good substantial temporary floor must be laid on the joists and girders of the next lower floor.   (4) For the purpose of this section, the lowest framed floor in the building is considered the first floor.   History: En. Sec. 2, Ch. 107, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 2673, R.C.M. 1921; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1402; amd. Sec. 1894, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-77-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 77. Construction Site Health and Safety|Part 1. General Provisions|50-77-103. Planking above scaffolds

  50-77-103. Planking above scaffolds. In buildings more than three stories high where persons are working on a scaffold or scaffolds on the outside of such buildings, such persons shall be protected by well secured planking set over the heads of such persons for the full width of the scaffolding on which they are working if another story or stories are being raised above such persons during the time they are working on such outside scaffold or scaffolding.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 107, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 2674, R.C.M. 1921; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1403.
MT Code § 50-77-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 77. Construction Site Health and Safety|Part 1. General Provisions|50-77-104. Guarding of stairways and other openings

  50-77-104. Guarding of stairways and other openings. It shall be the duty of all owners, contractors, builders, or persons having the direct and immediate control or supervision of any buildings in course of erection, which shall be more than 30 feet high, to see that all stairways, elevator openings, flues, and all other openings in the floors shall be covered or properly protected.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 107, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 2675, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2675, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1404(part).
MT Code § 50-77-105 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 77. Construction Site Health and Safety|Part 1. General Provisions|50-77-105. Temporary toilets

  50-77-105. Temporary toilets. Wherever such building or buildings over three stories high, other than a residence, are being erected in any city or town, temporary toilets in or convenient to such building shall be maintained for the convenience of the employees.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 107, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 2675, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2675, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1404(part).
MT Code § 50-77-106 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 77. Construction Site Health and Safety|Part 1. General Provisions|50-77-106. Repealed

  50-77-106. Repealed. Sec. 1, Ch. 232, L. 1999.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 107, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 2676, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2676, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1405(part).
MT Code § 50-77-107 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 77. Construction Site Health and Safety|Part 1. General Provisions|50-77-107. Penalty for violation

  50-77-107. Penalty for violation. Any person violating any of the provisions of the foregoing sections shall be fined not less than $100 or more than $200 for each offense.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 107, L. 1909; re-en. Sec. 2676, R.C.M. 1921; re-en. Sec. 2676, R.C.M. 1935; R.C.M. 1947, 69-1405(part).
MT Code § 50-78-101 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 1. General|50-78-101. Short title

  50-78-101. Short title. This chapter may be known and cited as the "Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act".   History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 641, L. 1985.
MT Code § 50-78-103 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 1. General|50-78-103. Applicability -- exemptions

  50-78-103. Applicability -- exemptions. (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to:   (a) any consumer product intended for personal consumption or use by an employee;   (b) any retail food sale establishment or other retail trade establishment, exclusive of processing and repair areas;   (c) a food, drug, or cosmetic as defined in the Montana Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Title 50, chapter 31;   (d) a source of ionizing radiation that is an exempt or generally licensed material or device, as defined and described in rules adopted under 50-79-202 and implementing 50-79-104 and 50-79-202;   (e) the radiological properties of any source, byproduct, or special nuclear material as defined in sections 11(z), 11(aa), and 11(e)(1) of the federal Atomic Energy Act of 1954; or   (f) sealed containers of hazardous chemicals:   (i) during transportation or while in storage at transportation terminals, so long as existing labels are not removed or defaced and the employer complies with state and federal regulations relating to the transportation of hazardous chemicals; or   (ii) at a facility of a distributor, as long as existing labels are not removed or defaced and the employer distributes material safety data sheets as required under 50-78-203(1).   (2) Employers operating the following workplaces are in compliance with this chapter if they retain and make accessible to employees and, when applicable, to students, all material safety data sheets received or, if no material safety data sheet is received for a hazardous chemical, any other information received on its hazards and safe handling and if the provisions of 50-78-206, 50-78-301(2) through (4), and 50-78-305 are met:   (a) a teaching, research, or testing laboratory, including any associated storeroom;   (b) a clinical laboratory or health care facility as defined in 50-5-101;   (c) a pharmacy as defined in 37-7-101;   (d) a public health center as defined in 7-34-2102; or   (e) an office of a physician, dentist, osteopath, podiatrist, optometrist, or veterinarian licensed under Title 37.   (3) The provisions of this chapter do not apply to any hazardous chemical subject to the packaging and labeling requirements imposed under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. 136, et seq., except that a chemical manufacturer producing the hazardous chemicals must comply with all provisions of this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 641, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 536, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 16, Ch. 93, L. 1997.
MT Code § 50-78-104 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 1. General|50-78-104. Relationship to OSHA standard

  50-78-104. Relationship to OSHA standard. Any employer complying with the provisions of the OSHA standard, whether or not that employer is regulated by the OSHA standard, is exempt from the provisions of this chapter, except for 50-78-204 and 50-78-301.   History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 641, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 536, L. 1987.
MT Code § 50-78-201 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 2. Notice Required|50-78-201. Notice to employees

  50-78-201. Notice to employees. Employers shall post adequate notice at locations where notices are normally posted informing employees about their rights under this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 641, L. 1985.
MT Code § 50-78-202 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 2. Notice Required|50-78-202. Workplace chemical list

  50-78-202. Workplace chemical list. (1) Each employer shall compile and maintain a workplace chemical list. Except as provided in 50-78-205, the workplace chemical list must contain the chemical name of each hazardous chemical in the workplace, cross-referenced to any generally used common name. For chemical mixtures, the chemical name of each hazardous constituent indicated on the material safety data sheet must be provided in parentheses along with the chemical name. The chemical abstracts service registry number, if available from the material safety data sheet, must accompany all chemical names on the workplace chemical list.   (2) The workplace chemical list must indicate the work area in which each hazardous chemical is normally stored or used.   (3) The workplace chemical list may be prepared for the workplace as a whole or for each work area, provided the list is readily available to employees and their designated representatives.   (4) New or newly assigned employees must be made aware of the workplace chemical list before working with or in a work area containing hazardous chemicals.   (5) The workplace chemical list must be updated as necessary but not less than annually.   History: En. Sec. 6, Ch. 641, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 15, Sp. L. June 1986.
MT Code § 50-78-203 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 2. Notice Required|50-78-203. Material safety data sheets

  50-78-203. Material safety data sheets. (1) Each chemical manufacturer or distributor shall provide a manufacturing or nonmanufacturing employer with the appropriate material safety data sheet upon delivery of a hazardous chemical.   (2) Each employer shall maintain the most current material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical in the workplace. If a material safety data sheet has not been provided by the chemical manufacturer or distributor at the time a hazardous chemical is delivered to the employer, the employer shall request one in writing within 5 working days. Each employer shall maintain a copy of any correspondence sent or received by the employer in an effort to obtain a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical when none was provided by the chemical manufacturer or distributor.   (3) Material safety data sheets must be provided by the employer to any employee or designated representative upon request for review or copying.   History: En. Sec. 7, Ch. 641, L. 1985.
MT Code § 50-78-204 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 2. Notice Required|50-78-204. Employee rights

  50-78-204. Employee rights. (1) An employee who may be exposed to hazardous chemicals must be informed of the potential or actual exposure and must be provided access to the workplace chemical list and to the material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical. An employer who does not provide an employee with information on a hazardous chemical within 5 working days of the request for information, as required by this chapter, may not require the employee to work with the hazardous chemical until the information is made available.   (2) Each employee must receive training from the employer, as provided in 50-78-305 or in the OSHA standard, on the hazards of workplace chemicals and on protective measures for handling those chemicals.   (3) Each employee required to work with a hazardous chemical must be provided with appropriate personal protective equipment.   (4) An employer may not discharge, cause to be discharged, discipline, discriminate against, or initiate any adverse personnel action against any employee who exercises the employee's rights, testifies, or assists others in exercising their rights or duties under this chapter.   (5) A waiver by an employee of the benefits, rights, or requirements of this chapter is against public policy and is void. An employer's request or requirement that an employee waive any rights under this chapter as a condition of employment is a violation of this chapter.   (6) A designated representative may act on behalf of an employee in pursuing any right or enforcement remedy under this chapter.   History: En. Sec. 10, Ch. 641, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1895, Ch. 56, L. 2009.
MT Code § 50-78-205 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 2. Notice Required|50-78-205. Trade secret confidentiality

  50-78-205. Trade secret confidentiality. (1) An employer who believes that the name of a hazardous chemical is a trade secret may withhold the chemical name from the material safety data sheet and workplace chemical list only if:   (a) a material safety data sheet, coded to an identifying notation on each container of the hazardous chemical, is available in the work area where the hazardous chemical is present;   (b) the material safety data sheet discloses the properties and effects of the hazardous chemical;   (c) the specific chemical identity is provided to a treating physician or nurse in the event of a medical emergency, as provided for in subsection (i)(2) of the OSHA standard;   (d) the specific chemical identity is provided in nonemergency situations to a health professional providing medical or other occupational health services to an exposed employee, as provided for in subsections (i)(3) through (5) of the OSHA standard; and   (e) the employer claims that the information is a trade secret and that claim can be supported.   (2) If a person believes that disclosing certain trade information on a material safety data sheet will reveal a trade secret, a trade secret claim may be filed with the department, which shall use this procedure to determine the validity of the trade secret claim:   (a) The department shall give notice by certified mail to the person making the claim to submit trade secret substantiation information within 30 days after receipt of such notice. Failure to supply the substantiation information constitutes a waiver of the trade secret claim.   (b) The department has the responsibility to determine the validity of the trade secret claim and shall consider the trade secret substantiation information as confidential.   (c) If the department determines the trade secret claim is not valid, the department shall so notify by certified mail the person making the claim for trade secret protection, stating the basis for the decision. The person making the claim has 30 days after notification by the department to initiate judicial review in the district court of Lewis and Clark County and obtain a preliminary injunction or other court order to prevent disclosure of the trade secret.   (d) The unauthorized use or disclosure of trade secret information submitted under this section is a misdemeanor.   History: En. Sec. 11, Ch. 641, L. 1985.
MT Code § 50-78-206 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 2. Notice Required|50-78-206. Labels

  50-78-206. Labels. (1) An employer or distributor may not remove or deface any existing label on a container of a hazardous chemical, except that the chemical name may be concealed under trade secret protection as provided in 50-78-205.   (2) Any portable container intended for an immediate transfer of a hazardous chemical is not required to be labeled.   History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 641, L. 1985.
MT Code § 50-78-301 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 3. Information and Education|50-78-301. Emergency and community information

  50-78-301. Emergency and community information. (1) An employer shall comply with the provisions of the federal Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 or be subject to the enforcement provisions thereof.   (2) The local fire chief must be permitted onsite inspection of hazardous chemicals in any workplace, including workplaces under the control of a state agency, for the purposes of planning fire department activities in case of an emergency and reviewing compliance with this chapter. For a workplace that employs fire safety personnel, the local fire chief shall consult with the responsible fire safety official to clarify respective roles and response procedures in the event of an emergency.   (3) As a result of an inspection, the local fire chief may note and report for possible action by the county attorney or other appropriate law enforcement official any violation by an employer of a provision of this chapter or any other law pertaining to hazardous chemicals or fire safety.   (4) The local fire chief shall consult at least annually on safety and emergency considerations with each person responsible for the operation of any research, educational, or testing laboratory workplace. The consultation may result in recommendations or, under the provisions of 50-62-102, orders by the fire chief to be implemented by the laboratory operator to enhance public safety, to reduce the likelihood of emergency incidents, or to improve emergency response in the event of an accident. The person responsible for the operation of the laboratory shall contact the local fire chief at any time there is a significant change in the location or nature of the hazardous chemicals in the workplace, initiation of any new and potentially dangerous method of processing or reacting hazardous chemicals, or any other operational change affecting emergency response considerations.   History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 641, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 15, Sp. L. June 1986; amd. Sec. 3, Ch. 536, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 36, Ch. 706, L. 1991.
MT Code § 50-78-302 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 3. Information and Education|50-78-302. through 50-78-304 reserved

  50-78-302 through 50-78-304 reserved.
MT Code § 50-78-305 (2021)
2021 Montana Code Annotated|Title 50. Health and Safety|Chapter 78. Employee and Community Hazardous Chemical Information Act|Part 3. Information and Education|50-78-305. Employee education program

  50-78-305. Employee education program. (1) Each employer shall provide, at least annually, an education and training program for all of the employer's employees using or handling hazardous chemicals. Additional instruction must be provided whenever the potential for exposure to hazardous chemicals is altered or whenever new and significant information is received by the employer concerning the hazards of a chemical. New or newly assigned employees must be provided training before working with or in a work area containing a hazardous chemical.   (2) The programs must provide instruction in:   (a) interpreting labels and material safety data sheets and the relationship between these two methods of hazard communication;   (b) the location and acute and chronic effects of hazardous chemicals used by the employees; and   (c) the safe handling, protective equipment, first-aid treatment, and cleanup and disposal procedures for hazardous chemicals.   (3) The employer shall keep a record of the dates of training sessions given to employees and the names of the employees attending.   History: En. Sec. 12, Ch. 641, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 1896, Ch. 56, L. 2009.