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NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-175 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-175 - Report of loss of life or serious accident

34:5-175. Report of loss of life or serious accident  Whenever loss of life or serious accident shall occur at a place of employment covered by this act, the commissioner may require the person in charge to report such loss of life or serious accident to the department in the quickest manner possible, and, in addition, to report in writing the pertinent facts concerning the accident and the injured or deceased persons within 24 hours after such occurrence in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. L.1962, c. 45, s. 10.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-176 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-176 - Privileged records; inadmissibility as evidence; exception

34:5-176. Privileged records; inadmissibility as evidence; exception  The record or determination of any proceeding under this act or any statement or report of any kind whatsoever obtained or received in connection with the administration or enforcement of the provisions of this act shall be privileged and not admissible as evidence in a court of law in a civil action for any purpose whatsoever, except such actions that may be brought for the enforcement of this act. L.1962, c. 45, s. 11.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-177 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-177 - Burden of care

34:5-177. Burden of care  This act shall not in any way increase the burden of care ordinarily imposed by the common law of the State upon those within its jurisdiction. L.1962, c. 45, s. 12.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-178 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-178 - Violations; penalties; compromise of claims

34:5-178. Violations; penalties; compromise of claims  Any employer or any officer, agent or employee thereof who violates any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $25.00 nor more than $500.00 to be collected in a civil action by a summary proceeding under the penalty enforcement law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.). Any violation of the act by an officer, agent or employee shall also be a violation of the act by his employer if he had actual control over the cause of such violation. Where the violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues after the date given by which the violation must be eliminated in accordance with the order of the commissioner shall constitute an additional separate and distinct offense, except during the time an appeal from said order may be taken or is pending. The commissioner is hereby authorized and empowered to compromise and settle any claim for a penalty under this section in such amount in the discretion of the commissioner as may appear appropriate and equitable under all of the circumstances. L.1962, c. 45, s. 13.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-179 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-179 - Duties of persons near high voltage lines

34:5-179. Duties of persons near high voltage lines  This act is not intended to alter in any way the duties of persons to take precautions in the proximity of high voltage lines imposed by P.L.1948, c. 249. L.1962, c. 45, s. 14.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-180 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-180 - Exempt employers

34:5-180. Exempt employers  This act shall not apply to any employer subject to the provisions of section 34:6-141 of the Revised Statutes, to any employer subject to the provisions of chapter 197 of the laws of 1954, to any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of, control, supervision and regulation by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners in the Department of Public Utilities of this State, to any public utility subject to the jurisdiction of, control, supervision and regulation by a Federal regulatory body, or to natural gas pipeline utilities subject to the provisions of the New Jersey Natural Gas Safety Act (chapter 166 of the laws of 1952). L.1962, c. 45, s. 15.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-181 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-181 - Repeals

34:5-181. Repeals  Sections 34:3-1 to 34:3-20, inclusive, section 34:3-23, sections 34:5-1 to 34:5-23, inclusive, sections 34:5-33 to 34:5-162, inclusive, sections 34:5-164 and 34:5-165 of the Revised Statutes are hereby repealed; provided, however, that any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of any section repealed herein shall remain in force and effect until 6 months following the effective date of this act or until sooner replaced by rules and regulations adopted under the provisions of this act. L.1962, c. 45, s. 16.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5-182 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5-182 - Dry cutting, grinding of masonry, certain circumstances; prohibited.

34:5-182 Dry cutting, grinding of masonry, certain circumstances; prohibited.  1. In order to protect the health and safety of employees against the effects of silicosis and other respiratory diseases, the dry cutting of masonry units by means of hand-held, gas-powered or electrical, portable chop saws or skill saws and the dry grinding of masonry materials shall be prohibited, except in instances in which it is determined, in a manner consistent with all applicable standards promulgated pursuant to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.s.651 et seq.), that the use of water in the cutting or grinding is not feasible. In any instance in which it is determined pursuant to this section that the use of water in the cutting or grinding is not feasible: a. The employer shall use engineering and work practice controls to control the dust, such as a vacuum with high efficiency particulate air filter, or other dust control system; b. Any dry cutting which occurs shall be done in a designated area away from craftworkers if possible; and c. The employer shall provide workers with full face respirators as part of a complete respiratory program which includes training, the proper selection of respiratory cartridges and fit-testing to ensure that the workers are able to wear the respirators. The provisions of this section shall not apply to emergency service personnel responding to emergency situations. L.2004,c.172,s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-1 - Short title

34:5A-1. Short title  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Worker and Community Right to Know Act." L.1983, c. 315, s. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-2 - Legislative findings and declarations

34:5A-2. Legislative findings and declarations  The Legislature finds and declares that the proliferation of hazardous substances in the environment poses a growing threat to the public health, safety, and welfare; that the constantly increasing number and variety of hazardous substances, and the many routes of exposure to them make it difficult and expensive to adequately monitor and detect any adverse health effects attributable thereto; that individuals themselves are often able to detect and thus minimize effects of exposure to hazardous substances if they are aware of the identity of the substances and the early symptoms of unsafe exposure; and that individuals have an inherent right to know the full range of the risks they face so that they can make reasoned decisions and take informed action concerning their employment and their living conditions. The Legislature further declares that local health, fire, police, safety and other government officials require detained information about the identity, characteristics, and quantities of hazardous substances used and stored in communities within their jurisdictions, in order to adequately plan for, and respond to, emergencies, and enforce compliance with applicable laws and regulations concerning these substances. The Legislature further declares that the extent of the toxic contamination of the air, water, and land in this State has caused a high degree of concern among its residents; and that much of this concern is needlessly aggravated by the unfamiliarity of these substances to residents. The Legislature therefore determines that it is in the public interest to establish a comprehensive program for the disclosure of information about hazardous substances in the workplace and the community, and to provide a procedure whereby residents of this State may gain access to this information. L.1983, c. 315, s. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-4 - Development of environmental hazardous substance list

34:5A-4. Development of environmental hazardous substance list  4. a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall develop an environmental hazardous substance list which shall include the list of substances developed and used by the department for the purposes of the Industrial Survey Project, established pursuant to P.L.1970, c.33 (C.13:1D-1 et seq.), and any substance on the list established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for reporting pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.11023 and may include other substances which the department, based on documented scientific evidence, determines pose a threat to the public health and safety. b. The department shall develop an environmental survey, which shall be designed to enable employers to report information about environmental hazardous substances at their facilities.  c. The department shall prepare and, upon request, make available to employers, county health departments, or the public a Spanish translation of the environmental survey. The department shall also prepare and make available a Spanish translation of any written material prepared by the department to inform the public of the information available pursuant to the provisions of this act.  d. Three months prior to the effective date of this act the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the environmental hazardous substance list.  L.1983,c.315,s.4; amended 1991,c.235,s.18.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-5 - Workplace hazardous substance list; special health hazard substance list; workplace survey; hazardous substance fact sheet; Spanish translation

34:5A-5. Workplace hazardous substance list; special health hazard substance list; workplace survey; hazardous substance fact sheet; Spanish translation  a. The Department of Health shall develop a workplace hazardous substance list which shall include: (1) Any substance or substance contained in a mixture regulated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 1910, subpart z; (2) Any environmental hazardous substance; and (3) Any other substance which the department, based on documented scientific evidence, determines poses a threat to the health or safety of an employee. b. The department shall develop a special health hazard substance list comprising hazardous substances which, because of their known carcinogenicity, mutagenicity, teratogenicity, flammability, explosiveness, corrosivity, or reactivity pose a special hazard to health and safety, and for which an employer shall not be permitted to make a trade secret claim. c. The department shall develop a workplace survey designed to facilitate the reporting by employers of those hazardous substances present at their facilities. The workplace survey shall include a copy of the special health hazard substance list. d. The department shall develop a hazardous substance fact sheet for each hazardous substance on the workplace hazardous substance list. e. The department shall prepare and, upon request, make available to employers, county health departments, and the public a Spanish translation of the workplace survey and each hazardous substance fact sheet. The department shall also prepare and make available a Spanish translation of any written material prepared by the department to inform employees of their rights under this act. f. Three months prior to the effective date of this act, the department shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L. 1968, c. 410 (C. 52:14B-1 et seq.), a workplace hazardous substance list. L.1983, c. 315, s. 5, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-6 - Distribution of workplace and environmental surveys to employer

34:5A-6. Distribution of workplace and environmental surveys to employer  a. Within five days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Health shall transmit copies of the workplace survey to the Department of Labor. Upon receipt of the workplace survey, the Department of Labor shall transmit the workplace survey to each employer in the State. b. Within five days of the effective date of this act, the Department of Environmental Protection shall transmit an environmental survey to each employer whose business activities, according to criteria developed by the department, warrant the reporting of the information required on the environmental survey. The department may transmit an environmental survey to every employer. L.1983, c. 315, s. 6, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-7 - Completion, transmittal of workplace survey

34:5A-7. Completion, transmittal of workplace survey  7. a. Except as otherwise provided in section 15 of this act, an employer shall have until October 30, 1985, or within 90 days of the employer's receipt of the workplace survey, whichever is later, to complete the survey and transmit a copy of the completed survey to the Department of Health, the health department of the county in which the employer's facility is located, the local fire department, and the local police department. If an employer has reason to believe that a mixture present at his facility contains a hazardous substance as a component, but is unable to obtain from the manufacturer or supplier of the mixture the chemical names and Chemical Abstracts Service numbers of the components of the mixture, he shall list the mixture by its common name in the space provided on the survey. The department shall have the responsibility to obtain the chemical names and Chemical Abstracts Service numbers of the components of the mixture so listed, and, upon obtaining this information, shall transmit it to the employer along with any appropriate hazardous substance fact sheet or sheets and directions to the employer on how to communicate this information to his employees.  b. Except as otherwise provided in section 15 of this act, an employer shall transmit a copy of the completed environmental survey to the Department of Environmental Protection and the health department of the county in which the employer's facility is located, and pertinent sections of the survey to the local fire department and the local police department on the date on which Toxic Chemical Release Forms are due to be transmitted to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to 42 U.S.C. s.11023.  L.1983,c.315,s.7; amended 1985,c.64,s.1; l985,c.2l6,s.l; 1991,c.235,s.19.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-8 - Hazardous substance fact sheets

34:5A-8. Hazardous substance fact sheets  a. Upon receipt of a completed workplace survey from an employer, the Department of Health shall transmit to that employer a hazardous substance fact sheet for each hazardous substance reported by the employer on the workplace survey. If an employer makes a trade secret claim for information on the workplace survey pursuant to section 15 of this act, the department shall transmit a hazardous substance fact sheet for that substance with the identity of the substance concealed.  b. Any employer whose workplace survey transmitted to the Department of Health pursuant to section 7 of this act indicates that no hazardous substances are present at the facility shall be exempt from the provisions of this act for that facility, except for the requirement to annually update the workplace survey pursuant to section 10 of this act, and except for the provisions of section 33 of this act. Any employer exempted from the provisions of this act pursuant to this subsection who transmits to the Department of Health an update of the workplace survey which indicates that a hazardous substance is present at the employer's facility shall immediately be subject to the provisions of this act.  L. 1983, c. 315, s. 8, eff. Aug. 29, 1984. Amended by L. 1985, c. 534, s. 1, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-9 - Environmental surveys; file; clarifying information; update; request for copy

34:5A-9. Environmental surveys; file; clarifying information; update; request for copy  a. The Department of Environmental Protection shall maintain a file of all completed environmental surveys received from employers. Each environmental survey received by the department shall be retained by the department for 30 years. b. The department may require an employer to submit information clarifying any statement made on the environmental survey. The department, subject to the provisions of section 15 of this act if applicable, shall transmit this clarifying information to the appropriate county health department, local fire department, and local police department as it deems necessary. c. The department shall require every employer to update the environmental survey for his facility every other year. If there is any significant change during a nonreporting year in the information reported on his environmental survey, the employer shall inform the department of the change. The department may require an employer to update the environmental survey for his facility every year. d. Any person may request in writing from the department a copy of an environmental survey for a facility, and the department shall transmit any survey so requested within 30 days of the request therefor. L.1983, c. 315, s. 9, eff. Aug. 29, 1984.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-10 - Retention of workplace surveys

34:5A-10. Retention of workplace surveys  10. a. The Department of Health shall maintain a file of all completed workplace surveys received from employers. Each workplace survey received shall be retained by the department for 30 years. The department shall also retain for 30 years each hazardous substance fact sheet. b. The department shall require every employer to update the workplace survey for his facility every five years, and shall supply each employer with any necessary additional hazardous substance fact sheets. If any additional workplace hazardous substance is present at the employer's facility during a non-reporting year that had not been previously reported, the employer shall inform the department and all other appropriate departments or entities which receive a copy of the completed survey as required pursuant to section 7 of P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-7) of the change no later than the July 15 following the change. c. Upon request by the department, an employer shall provide the department with copies of employee health and exposure records, including those maintained for, and supplied to, the federal government. d. Any person may request in writing from the department a copy of a workplace survey for a facility, together with the appropriate hazardous substance fact sheets, and the department shall transmit any material so requested within 30 days of the request therefor. Any request by an employee for material pertaining to the facility where he is employed made pursuant to this subsection shall be treated by the department as confidential. L.1983,c.315,s.10; amended 1995,c.259,s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 34:5A-10.1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 34 - Labor and Workmen's Compensation|Section 34:5A-10.1 - Definitions relative to use, storage of hazardous substances in schools, child care centers.

34:5A-10.1 Definitions relative to use, storage of hazardous substances in schools, child care centers.  1. As used in this act: "Child care center" means a child care center licensed pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1983, c.492 (C.30:5B-1 et seq.); "Hazardous substance" means any substance, or substance in a mixture, included on the hazardous substance list developed by the Department of Health pursuant to the "Worker and Community Right to Know Act," P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.). "Hazardous substance" shall not include: (1) Any article containing a hazardous substance if the hazardous substance is present in a solid form which does not pose any acute or chronic health hazard to any person exposed to it; (2) Any hazardous substance constituting less than one percent of a mixture unless the hazardous substance is present in an aggregate amount of 500 pounds or more in a container in a public or private school or child care center building; (3) Any hazardous substance which is a special health hazardous substance constituting less than the threshold percentage established by the Department of Health pursuant to P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.), for that special health hazardous substance when present in a mixture; (4) Any hazardous substance present in the same form and concentration as a product packaged for distribution and use by consumers and which is not a product intended primarily for commercial use; (5) Any fuel in a motor vehicle; (6) Tobacco or tobacco products; (7) Wood or wood products; (8) Foods, drugs, or cosmetics; (9) Hazardous substances which are an integral part of a building's structure or furnishings; (10) Products which are personal property and are intended for personal use; and (11) Any substance used in the routine maintenance of a public or private school or child care center building or its grounds, any substance used in a classroom science laboratory, any substance used in a school occupational training facility, including laboratories and shops, and any substance used in the normal operation of the classrooms or administrative offices of a public or private school or child care center, including any substance used in the heating or cooling of the school or child care center; "Hazardous substance fact sheet" means the hazardous substance fact sheets prepared by the Department of Health pursuant to the "Worker and Community Right to Know Act," P.L.1983, c.315 (C.34:5A-1 et seq.); "Public school or private school" has the same meaning as set forth in N.J.S.18A:1-1. L.1997, c.364, s.1; amended 2012, c.17, s.399.