G. R. McDonald, J.
Following a preliminary examination on March 31, 1986, defendant was bound over on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553. On October 1, 1986, the trial court granted defendant’s motion to quash the information and dismiss the charge against defendant. The people appeal as of right.
Defendant was initially charged along with Richard and John Jackson with involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to violate miosha, contrary to MCL 408.1035(5); MSA 17.50(35)(5) and MCL 750.1578a(a); MSA 28.354(1)(a).
The victim, William Hatherhill, was employed as a cable television "splicer” for Jackson Enterprises. A splicer’s duties include the installation of housings and other electronics on utility poles strung with television cable. A splicer drives to the work location, inspects the area and builds the necessary equipment in his truck, which is equipped with tools and a work bench.
Hatherhill’s body was discovered in his truck, a 1971 Chevrolet Step Van designated "SV-15,” on January 18, 1985, at approximately 7:30 p.m. At the time Hatherhill was discovered, it was cold outside and it had been snowing all day. The truck’s engine was running, and the medical examiner determined the cause of death to be carbon monoxide intoxication.
The truck, SV-15, was owned by Richard Jackson, doing business as Jackson Enterprises. Defendant was the immediate job supervisor in charge of assigning trucks and work areas to Jackson Enterprises’ employees. Defendant was also re[65]*65sponsible for gathering and reporting maintenance problems with the trucks.
On February 11, 1985, an inspection of SV-15 was performed pursuant to a search warrant. Rudolph Zoller, an industrial hygienist with the state Department of Health, performed carbon monoxide tests on the inside of the truck. After about twenty minutes, the concentration of carbon monoxide in the truck’s interior exceeded three thousand parts per million (ppm). Zoller testified that the permissible average level of carbon monoxide exposure over an eight-hour period under osha and miosha standards is fifty ppm and that a serious violation of osha occurs at a level of four hundred ppm. Zoller noted that the holes in the truck’s floorboard facilitated the leakage of carbon monoxide into the interior of the truck.
Sergeant Charles Culton of the Michigan State Police also inspected SV-15. Sergeant Culton found the floorboard of the van to be completely rusted out at both rear wheel wells. When SV-15 was lifted on a hoist in order to inspect the undercarriage, Culton discovered a loose exhaust pipe that was leaking at the engine manifold. There was no tail pipe leading away from the muffler to the rear of the vehicle. As a result, fumes were being exhausted directly underneath the body of the truck, about one foot away from the rust holes in the wheel wells. The exhaust pipe to the muffler was secured only by a makeshift piece of wire. Culton further noted that an auxiliary engine which ran a bucket hoist on the top of the truck exhausted directly into the engine compartment without a separate exhaust pipe. The fire wall separating the engine from the passenger compartment was worn and loose. According to Culton, each of these defects violated the Motor Carrier Safety Act, MCL 480.11 et seq.; MSA 9.1666(1) et [66]*66seq. Culton also indicated that there were problems with the lug holes on the left rear wheel. Culton said that many of these violations, including the holes in the floorboard and the elongated lug holes, would have been obvious even to a lay person.
Testimony by current and former Jackson employees indicated that there was no regular maintenance program for the company’s trucks and that complaints regarding the condition of SV-15 had been addressed to defendant prior to Hatherhill’s death.
Following the testimony and evidence presented at the preliminary examination, the magistrate dismissed all charges against the Jacksons and bound defendant over on the charge of involuntary manslaughter, finding that defendant had a duty to do something in respect to the truck, given his knowledge of the situation.
The trial court later granted defendant’s motion to quash the information, finding that defendant had no duty to repair the truck himself and that there was a lack of evidence to show defendant’s ability to perform his duty of taking the truck out of service because of complaints about fumes.
On appeal, the prosecutor claims the trial court erred in quashing the information against defendant. Although we affirm, we do so on different grounds than those relied upon by the trial court. We find that the criminal prosecution of defendant in the instant case is preempted by osha. 29 USC 651 et seq.
State laws are preempted when Congress has declared its intent, either explicitly or implicitly, to occupy a certain area of the law. Silkwood v Kerr-McGee Corp, 464 US 238; 104 S Ct 615; 78 L Ed 2d 443 (1984). Where the statute does not expressly state its preemptive intent, Congress’ [67]*67intent must be derived from the statutory language, the comprehensiveness of the regulatory scheme, the legislative history of the statute, or the fact that the federal and state statutes at issue conflict. People v Chicago Magnet Wire Corp, 157 Ill App 3d 797; 510 NE2d 1173 (1987), citing Hillsborough Co, Fla v Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc, 471 US 707; 105 S Ct 2371; 85 L Ed 2d 714 (1985).
The legislative history of osha indicates Congress’ concern with the growth of modern industry and its recognition of the technical complexity of occupational safety and health problems facing today’s society. Moreover, Congress recognized that the then current state regulation was inadequately dealing with the problem. Thus, finding the health and safety of the worker to be a national concern, Congress enacted osha. The statute declares as its broad purpose and policy to assure "so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources. . . .” 29 USC 651(b).
Section 655 of the act expressly provides for the adoption of federal standards of industrial safety. Although the states are permitted to exercise independent state action under certain circumstances, such jurisdiction is severely limited. A state may assert jurisdiction over an occupational safety or health issue only if there is no federal standard in effect, 29 USC 667(a), or the state has submitted its own enforcement plan to the United States Secretary of Labor for approval pursuant to § 667(b). Thus, absent a state plan which has been approved by the Secretary of Labor, state laws related to working conditions regulated by osha are preempted.
In the instant case osha and miosha, MCL [68]*68408.1001 et seq.; MSA 17.50(1) et seq., contain standards regulating the existence and allowable proportions of carbon monoxide in the workplace. Therefore, the state may not assert jurisdiction over this issue unless it is through an approved state plan. Although miosha is a federally approved state plan and contains criminal penalties in excess of osha, the prosecution herein is not under miosha. Instead, the prosecution is attempting to bring general criminal charges against defendant.
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G. R. McDonald, J.
Following a preliminary examination on March 31, 1986, defendant was bound over on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, MCL 750.321; MSA 28.553. On October 1, 1986, the trial court granted defendant’s motion to quash the information and dismiss the charge against defendant. The people appeal as of right.
Defendant was initially charged along with Richard and John Jackson with involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to violate miosha, contrary to MCL 408.1035(5); MSA 17.50(35)(5) and MCL 750.1578a(a); MSA 28.354(1)(a).
The victim, William Hatherhill, was employed as a cable television "splicer” for Jackson Enterprises. A splicer’s duties include the installation of housings and other electronics on utility poles strung with television cable. A splicer drives to the work location, inspects the area and builds the necessary equipment in his truck, which is equipped with tools and a work bench.
Hatherhill’s body was discovered in his truck, a 1971 Chevrolet Step Van designated "SV-15,” on January 18, 1985, at approximately 7:30 p.m. At the time Hatherhill was discovered, it was cold outside and it had been snowing all day. The truck’s engine was running, and the medical examiner determined the cause of death to be carbon monoxide intoxication.
The truck, SV-15, was owned by Richard Jackson, doing business as Jackson Enterprises. Defendant was the immediate job supervisor in charge of assigning trucks and work areas to Jackson Enterprises’ employees. Defendant was also re[65]*65sponsible for gathering and reporting maintenance problems with the trucks.
On February 11, 1985, an inspection of SV-15 was performed pursuant to a search warrant. Rudolph Zoller, an industrial hygienist with the state Department of Health, performed carbon monoxide tests on the inside of the truck. After about twenty minutes, the concentration of carbon monoxide in the truck’s interior exceeded three thousand parts per million (ppm). Zoller testified that the permissible average level of carbon monoxide exposure over an eight-hour period under osha and miosha standards is fifty ppm and that a serious violation of osha occurs at a level of four hundred ppm. Zoller noted that the holes in the truck’s floorboard facilitated the leakage of carbon monoxide into the interior of the truck.
Sergeant Charles Culton of the Michigan State Police also inspected SV-15. Sergeant Culton found the floorboard of the van to be completely rusted out at both rear wheel wells. When SV-15 was lifted on a hoist in order to inspect the undercarriage, Culton discovered a loose exhaust pipe that was leaking at the engine manifold. There was no tail pipe leading away from the muffler to the rear of the vehicle. As a result, fumes were being exhausted directly underneath the body of the truck, about one foot away from the rust holes in the wheel wells. The exhaust pipe to the muffler was secured only by a makeshift piece of wire. Culton further noted that an auxiliary engine which ran a bucket hoist on the top of the truck exhausted directly into the engine compartment without a separate exhaust pipe. The fire wall separating the engine from the passenger compartment was worn and loose. According to Culton, each of these defects violated the Motor Carrier Safety Act, MCL 480.11 et seq.; MSA 9.1666(1) et [66]*66seq. Culton also indicated that there were problems with the lug holes on the left rear wheel. Culton said that many of these violations, including the holes in the floorboard and the elongated lug holes, would have been obvious even to a lay person.
Testimony by current and former Jackson employees indicated that there was no regular maintenance program for the company’s trucks and that complaints regarding the condition of SV-15 had been addressed to defendant prior to Hatherhill’s death.
Following the testimony and evidence presented at the preliminary examination, the magistrate dismissed all charges against the Jacksons and bound defendant over on the charge of involuntary manslaughter, finding that defendant had a duty to do something in respect to the truck, given his knowledge of the situation.
The trial court later granted defendant’s motion to quash the information, finding that defendant had no duty to repair the truck himself and that there was a lack of evidence to show defendant’s ability to perform his duty of taking the truck out of service because of complaints about fumes.
On appeal, the prosecutor claims the trial court erred in quashing the information against defendant. Although we affirm, we do so on different grounds than those relied upon by the trial court. We find that the criminal prosecution of defendant in the instant case is preempted by osha. 29 USC 651 et seq.
State laws are preempted when Congress has declared its intent, either explicitly or implicitly, to occupy a certain area of the law. Silkwood v Kerr-McGee Corp, 464 US 238; 104 S Ct 615; 78 L Ed 2d 443 (1984). Where the statute does not expressly state its preemptive intent, Congress’ [67]*67intent must be derived from the statutory language, the comprehensiveness of the regulatory scheme, the legislative history of the statute, or the fact that the federal and state statutes at issue conflict. People v Chicago Magnet Wire Corp, 157 Ill App 3d 797; 510 NE2d 1173 (1987), citing Hillsborough Co, Fla v Automated Medical Laboratories, Inc, 471 US 707; 105 S Ct 2371; 85 L Ed 2d 714 (1985).
The legislative history of osha indicates Congress’ concern with the growth of modern industry and its recognition of the technical complexity of occupational safety and health problems facing today’s society. Moreover, Congress recognized that the then current state regulation was inadequately dealing with the problem. Thus, finding the health and safety of the worker to be a national concern, Congress enacted osha. The statute declares as its broad purpose and policy to assure "so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources. . . .” 29 USC 651(b).
Section 655 of the act expressly provides for the adoption of federal standards of industrial safety. Although the states are permitted to exercise independent state action under certain circumstances, such jurisdiction is severely limited. A state may assert jurisdiction over an occupational safety or health issue only if there is no federal standard in effect, 29 USC 667(a), or the state has submitted its own enforcement plan to the United States Secretary of Labor for approval pursuant to § 667(b). Thus, absent a state plan which has been approved by the Secretary of Labor, state laws related to working conditions regulated by osha are preempted.
In the instant case osha and miosha, MCL [68]*68408.1001 et seq.; MSA 17.50(1) et seq., contain standards regulating the existence and allowable proportions of carbon monoxide in the workplace. Therefore, the state may not assert jurisdiction over this issue unless it is through an approved state plan. Although miosha is a federally approved state plan and contains criminal penalties in excess of osha, the prosecution herein is not under miosha. Instead, the prosecution is attempting to bring general criminal charges against defendant. This attempt to circumvent the penalties prescribed in miosha is also an attempt to assert jurisdiction over a federally covered occupational safety and health issue other than through an approved state plan. Such a prosecution is not allowable under §667 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. To so allow would emasculate Congress’ requirement that the state act through an approved state plan.
We reject the prosecution’s argument that § 653(b)(4) specifically reserves a state’s right to bring general criminal prosecutions for osha or miosha violations. Section 653(b)(4) states:
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any workmen’s compensation law or to enlarge or diminish or affect in any other manner the common law or statutory rights, duties, or liabilities of employers and employees under any law with respect to injuries, diseases, or death of employees arising out of, or in the course of, employment. [29 USC 653(b)(4).]
We believe Congress intended this section to leave undisturbed private rights and liabilities of employers and employees such as those found in the Workers’ Disability Compensation Act and the Civil Rights Act. This section should be strictly [69]*69construed to preserve any other laws regulating employers and employees. Criminal laws do not specifically regulate or address employers and employees. Any other construction of this section would conflict with the clear intent of § 667 which specifically addresses a state’s "jurisdiction” with regard to occupational safety and health issues.
Thus, to conclude, we believe that the comprehensiveness of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, in conjunction with the fact that the states have been afforded the opportunity to develop their own regulatory schemes, and the legislative history of the act, evidences a congressional intent to preempt the state from applying its criminal statutes to conditions in the workplace that are specifically regulated by osha.
Affirmed.
E. M. Thomas, J., concurred.