Section 408.17411. Duties of employer.

Rule 7411. (1) An employer shall comply with all of the following requirements:

(a)    Provide initial and continuing training to an employee commensurate with and specific to the duties and functions that the employee is expected to perform. The training shall be provided before the employee is permitted to perform emergency operations.

(b)    Assure that prospective fire service personnel are physically fit and have the ability to perform assigned emergency operations.

(c)   Assure that job-required equipment and tools are maintained free of recognized defects that could cause an injury.

(d)    Develop a basic procedure that covers the treatment and transport of injured employees from the emergency scene to a medical facility.

(e)   Provide in the workplace first aid supplies/kits appropriate for the hazard history, to minimally comply with the requirements of the Occupational Health Standard Part 472 “Medical Services and First Aid,” as referenced in R 408.17405.

(f)   Comply with the requirements of this part, review with, and make available a copy of this part for employees.

(2)    An employer shall prepare and maintain a statement or written policy which establishes its basic organizational structure and which establishes the type, amount, frequency of training to be provided to fire service personnel, and maintain training records. The organizational statement and training records shall be available for inspection by the director of the department of licensing and regulatory affairs or his or her authorized representative and by an employee or his or her authorized representative.

2016.

History:  1979 AC; 1988 AACS; 1993 AACS; 2001 AACS; 2013 AACS; 2016 MR 8, Eff. April 19,