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10 N. Ky. L. Rev. 427 (1982-1983)
Workers' Right-To-Know about Chemical Hazards in the Workplace: A Proposed Model Uniform Right-To-Know Act and a Critical Look at Cincinnati's Right-To-Know Ordinance

handle is hein.journals/nkenlr10 and id is 437 raw text is: COMMENT WORKERS' RIGHT-TO-KNOW ABOUT CHEMICAL HAZARDS IN THE WORKPLACE: A PROPOSED MODEL UNIFORM RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT AND A CRITICAL LOOK AT CINCINNATI'S RIGHT-TO-KNOW ORDINANCE by Robert G. Gough* INTRODUCTION One of the hottest areas in legislative activity in the past three years has been in Workers' Right-To-Know legislation, i.e., legislation designed to assure that employees are informed about toxic and hazardous chemicals to which they may be exposed in the course of their employment. The intensity and breadth of in- terest in Right-To-Know statutes may be gauged by the fact that since 1980 no fewer than twenty-seven states and fourteen cities either have considered or are considering such statutes or or- dinances.1 On June 3, 1982, Cincinnati became the second major city to enact a workers' Right-To-Know ordinance,' thus joining at least three other cities' and ten other states4 which at the time of this * Copyright 1983, Robert G. Gough, Ph.D., all rights reserved. Although the author of this comment represented a major local employer on the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Right-To-Know Task Force, the views expressed herein are solely the author's and should not be attributed to either the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce or the author's former employer. The author is presently studying law at the Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Ky. 1. States: Alaska, Ark., Cal., Conn., Fla., Ga., Hawaii, Ill., Ind., Me., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Mo., N.D., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Or., Pa., R.I., Tex., Wash., W. Va., Wis. Cities or counties: Chelsea, Mass.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Contra Costa County, Cal.; Dallas, Tex.; Dan- bury, Conn.; Hartford, Conn.; Louisville, Ky.; Norwood, Ohio; Orange County, Cal.; Philadelphia, Pa.; Sacramento, Cal.; Santa Clara, Cal.; Santa Monica, Cal.; Vallejo, Cal. Based on a variety of sources including private communications with industry work groups studying the Right-To-Know issue. Readers wishing to conduct further research may be aided by the following information, H.R. 806, 1982, Alaska (Rogers); S.R. 804, 1982, Fla.. (Steinberg); H.R. 3109, 1982, Hawaii (Taniguchi); H.R. 2379, 1982, Ill. (McPike); H.R. 1556, 1982, Ill. (Tappan); S.R. 108, 1983, Ind. (Mrvan); H.R. 242, 1980, Md. (Garott); S.B. 1531, 1982, Minn. (Dicklich); H.R. 205, 1983, Mo. (Birch); L.R. 909-1, 1983, Mo. (Feigenbaum); S.R. 1670, 1983, N.J. (Dalton); Hearings conducted by the Ohio Legislative Comm'n, 1982. 2. CINCINNATI, OHIO, MUNICIPAL CODE ch. 1247, §§ 01-99 (1982). 3. PHILADELPHIA, PA., FIRE CODE ch. 5 §§ 500-508, 1600-1610, 4100-4104 (1981), AIR MANAGEMENT CODE ch. 3 §§ 100-302 (1981); SANTA MONICA, CAL., MUNICIPAL CODE art. V ch. 3 §§ 5300-5307 (1981); VALLEJO, CAL., MUNICIPAL CODE ch. 7 §§ 66.010-.040 (1981). 4. The ten states are: Cal., Conn., Me., Mass., Mich., Minn., N.Y., Wash., W.Va., and Wis.

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