2023 Illinois Compiled Statutes › Chapter 820 - EMPLOYMENT › 820 ILCS 250/ - Underground Sewer Employee Safety Act.

(820 ILCS 250/0.01) (from Ch. 48, par. 1100)
Sec. 0.01. 
		Short title. 
		This Act may be cited as the
Underground Sewer Employee Safety Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(820 ILCS 250/0.05)
Sec. 0.05. Federal regulations; operation of Act.
(a)   Except as provided in subsection (b), Sections 1 through 6 of this Act are inoperative on and after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd  General Assembly.
(b)   If at any time the Occupational Safety and Health standards at 29 CFR 1910.120, 29 CFR 1910.146 or the Safety and Health Regulations for Construction standards 29 CFR 1926.1201 through 29 CFR 1926.1213 are repealed or revoked, the Director of Labor shall adopt a rule setting forth a determination that this Act should be reviewed and reinstated, in whole or in part, in order to protect the health and safety of Illinois' workers. On the date such a rule is adopted, this Act shall again become operative.
(Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)
(820 ILCS 250/1) (from Ch. 48, par. 1101)
Sec. 1. 
This Act shall apply to all employers engaged in any occupation,
business or enterprise in this State, including the State of Illinois and
its political subdivisions.
(Source: P.A. 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)
(820 ILCS 250/2) (from Ch. 48, par. 1102)
Sec. 2. 
		
		It shall be the duty of every employer to furnish each employee
who performs duties which involve or may reasonably be expected to involve
entering an underground sewer, including but not limited to such employees
as utility workers, firemen, policemen, paramedics, investigators and personnel
involved with maintenance and repair work, information concerning the prevention
of personal injuries and diseases by contact with poisonous or deleterious
materials, vapors, gases or fumes.
(Source: P.A. 81-772.)
(820 ILCS 250/3) (from Ch. 48, par. 1103)
Sec. 3. 
		
		It shall be the duty of every employer of any person performing
construction, maintenance or repair work inside any underground sewer which
has been used as such to have safety information and equipment available
at the work site.  Such information and equipment shall include at a minimum
(i) material for use as lifelines, (ii) equipment for venting of locations
in the underground sewers where work is to be performed, (iii) individual
oxygen masks or similar gear for each employee who works underground, (iv)
chemicals or equipment to test for dangerous gas, and (v) equipment for
prompt communications with emergency medical services.
(Source: P.A. 81-772.)
(820 ILCS 250/4) (from Ch. 48, par. 1104)
Sec. 4. 
		
		It shall be the duty of the Department of Labor to enforce
the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 81-772.)
(820 ILCS 250/5) (from Ch. 48, par. 1105)
Sec. 5. 
		
		Nothing in this Act is a limit on the power of any home rule
or other unit of local government to pass or enforce ordinances concerning
matters to which this Act applies.  To the extent any such powers are exercised
by both a unit of local government and the State such powers shall be exercised
concurrently.
(Source: P.A. 81-772.)
(820 ILCS 250/6) (from Ch. 48, par. 1106)
Sec. 6. 
		
		Any employer who violates this Act is guilty of a business
offense and may be fined an amount not to exceed $5000.
(Source: P.A. 81-772.)