Ohio § 4167.11

§ 4167.11.

(A) In order to further the purposes of this chapter, the administrator of workers' compensation

shall develop and maintain, for public employers and public employees, an effective

program of collection, compilation, and analysis of employment risk reduction statistics. (B) To implement and maintain division (A) of this section, the administrator, with the

advice and consent of the bureau of workers' compensation board of directors, shall

adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that extend to all

of the following: (1) Requiring each public employer to make, keep, and preserve, and make available to

the administrator, reports and records regarding the public employer's activities,

as determined by the rule that are necessary or appropriate for the enforcement of

this chapter or for developing information regarding the causes and prevention of

occupational accidents and illnesses.  The rule shall prescribe which of these reports and records shall or may be furnished

to public employees and public employee representatives. (2) Requiring every public employer, through posting of notices or other appropriate

means, to keep their public employees informed of public employees' rights and obligations

under this chapter, including the provisions of applicable Ohio employment risk reduction

standards.  The rule shall allow any required notice to be posted on the internet in a manner

that is accessible to the public employer's employees. (3) Requiring public employers to maintain accurate records of public employee exposure

to potentially toxic materials, carcinogenic materials, and harmful physical agents

that are required to be monitored or measured under rules adopted under the guidelines

of division (C) of section 4167.07 of the Revised Code .  The rule shall provide public employees or public employee representatives an opportunity

to observe the monitoring or measuring, and to have access on request to the records

thereof, and may provide public employees or public employee representatives an opportunity

to participate in and to undertake their own monitoring or measuring.  The rules also shall permit each current or former public employee to have access

to the records that indicate their own exposure to toxic materials, carcinogenic materials,

or harmful agents. (C) The administrator shall obtain any information under division (B) of this section

with a minimum burden upon the public employer and shall, to the maximum extent feasible,

reduce unnecessary duplication of efforts in obtaining the information.