Marvin Mandel, Governor                        1377

CHAPTER 460
(Senate Bill 794)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Sections 29,
39 and 47 of Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1969
Replacement Volume), title "Department of Labor and Industry,"
subtitle "Occupational Safety"; to amend the State law on occu-
pational safety in order to conform to federal law; to require every
employer and employee under the occupational safety laws to
comply with certain rules, regulations and orders; to prohibit the
discharging of or discriminating against certain employees; to
provide for the inspection of any place of employment by the
Commissioner of Labor and Industry and the procedures relating
thereto; to require certain employers to maintain records and
submit reports; and relating generally to the occupational safety
laws of this State.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Sections 29, 39 and 47 of Article 89 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1969 Replacement Volume), title "Department of Labor
and Industry," subtitle "Occupational Safety," be and they are here-
by repealed and re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

29.

(a)  Every employer shall furnish and maintain employment and
a place of employment which shall be reasonably safe and sanitary
for employees. Every employer shall install, maintain and use such
methods, processes, devices and safeguards, as are reasonably neces-
sary to protect the life and safety of such employees, and shall do
every other thing reasonably necessary to render safe and sanitary
such employment and place of employment.

(b)  Every employer and employee shall comply with the provi-
sions of this subtitle and all rules, regulations, and orders issued
pursuant thereto which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.

(c)  No person or employer shall discharge or in any manner
discriminate against any employee because said employee has filed
any complaint or instituted any proceeding under or related to this
subtitle or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding
or because of the exercise by said employee on behalf of himself or
others of any right afforded by this subtitle.

39.

(a) The Commissioner of Labor and Industry or his authorized
representative shall have the power and authority to enter and in-
spect such places, question such employees, and investigate such
facts, conditions, practices, or matters as he may deem appropriate
to determine the cause of any accident that has occurred, or whether
any person has violated any provisions of this subtitle, or any rule
or regulation issued thereunder. The Commissioner of Labor and
Industry may further investigate all matters which may aid in the
enforcement of this subtitle. If after inspection for compliance
with the published standards of the Department of Labor and In-
dustry, any machinery or mechanical equipment or any part thereof
is found to be in violation of Section 29 of this article, notice thereof