Connecticut § 31-40m Information requirements of supplier of toxic substances. Labor Department assistance.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 31-40m — Information requirements of supplier of toxic substances. Labor Department assistance.

Connecticut § 31-40m

Title 31Labor

Ch. 557Employment Regulation

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40m (2026).

Text

(a)Any person who supplies any toxic substance to an employer shall provide the following information to the employer:

(1)The generic or basic chemical name of the toxic substance;

(2)the level at which exposure to the substance is determined to be hazardous, if known;

(3)the acute and chronic effects of exposure at hazardous levels;

(4)the symptoms of such effects;

(5)appropriate emergency treatment;

(6)proper conditions for safe use and exposure to such toxic substance;

(7)procedures for cleanup of leaks and spills of such toxic substance; and (8) a label on each container of any such substance which states, in a clearly legible and conspicuous form, that a toxic substance is contained therein, except that no such label shall be required for any container of alcoholic liquor, as

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(a) Any person who supplies any toxic substance to an employer shall provide the following information to the employer: (1) The generic or basic chemical name of the toxic substance; (2) the level at which exposure to the substance is determined to be hazardous, if known; (3) the acute and chronic effects of exposure at hazardous levels; (4) the symptoms of such effects; (5) appropriate emergency treatment; (6) proper conditions for safe use and exposure to such toxic substance; (7) procedures for cleanup of leaks and spills of such toxic substance; and (8) a label on each container of any such substance which states, in a clearly legible and conspicuous form, that a toxic substance is contained therein, except that no such label shall be required for any container of alcoholic liquor, as defined in section 30-1, or food, as defined in section 21a-92. (b) Upon request of an employer, the Labor Department shall provide such employer with all the information concerning the employer's toxic substances which is available to the department at the time of such request, and which is relevant to the information requirements of sections 31-40j to 31-40p , inclusive.

Legislative History

(P.A. 82-251, S. 4, 8; P.A. 83-511, S. 1, 4.) History: P.A. 82-251 effective July 1, 1983; P.A. 83-511 amended Subsec. (a)(8) to exclude containers of food and alcoholic liquor from the labeling requirements.