{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-408.1030","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 408.1030","heading":"Safety and health inspector at site of tunnel, shaft, caisson, or cofferdam; qualifications; powers and duties; cost of wages and fringe benefits; advising of and publishing regular and overtime rates; tunnel construction activity exceeding 60 hours per week; employer's responsibility not diminished.","body":"Sec. 30.\n\nThe department of labor shall provide a full-time safety and health inspector at the site where a tunnel, shaft, caisson, or cofferdam is constructed or repaired under pressurized conditions. The inspector shall:\n\nHave training and experience in, and knowledge of, pressurized tunnel construction.\n\nHave training and experience in, and an understanding of, ventilation systems.\n\nHave training and experience in, and knowledge of, the safety and health standards relating to pressurized tunnel construction.\n\nMaintain a complete and detailed log of construction activity.\n\nTest, monitor, and record the air quality in all work areas and unoccupied areas of the completed work.\n\nReport immediately to the employer and affected employees the existence of an imminent danger or serious violation.\n\nConduct investigations and enforce this act and rules promulgated and orders issued under this act.\n\nThe contracting party for whom a tunnel is constructed or repaired under pressurized conditions shall pay the cost of the safety and health inspector's wages and fringe benefits. The cost shall be paid to the department of labor to the credit of the general fund of the state. The department of labor shall advise contracting parties upon request, and publish regularly the regular and overtime rates for the safety and health inspector required by this section.\n\nIf the tunnel construction activity exceeds 60 hours per week, the department shall provide a full-time safety and health inspector for each 60 hours of tunnel construction activity or portion thereof.\n\nThis section shall not diminish the employer's responsibility under this act.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 408","Act Act-154-of-1974"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-408-1030","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"2c90b13f53e393dbb8bf5fafe9264ccf607d65b770052aef178d2a2f5d717f09","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-408.1029","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-408.1031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}