1. (a) This chapter applies to all employers, employees and places of employment in the state except the following:

   1. (1) Employees of the United States government; and (2) working conditions of employees over which federal agencies other than the United States Department of Labor exercise statutory authority to prescribe or enforce standards or regulations affecting occupational safety and health.
2. (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to supersede or in any manner affect any workers' compensation law or to enlarge, diminish or affect in any manner common law or statutory rights, duties or liabilities of employers or employees, under any law with respect to injuries, diseases or death of employees arising out of and in the course of employment.

(P.A. 73-379, S. 3, 21; P.A. 74-137, S. 2, 21; P.A. 79-376, S. 53; P.A. 80-46, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 74-137 specified applicability of chapter to all owners and substituted “working conditions of employees” for “employers, employees and places of employment” in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 79-376 substituted “workers' compensation” for “workmen's compensation”; P.A. 80-46 removed “owners” from applicability provision in Subsec. (a) and deleted Subsec. (c) re required compliance with health and safety standards by building owners, lessees, agents or managers.