MI HB4011

Amends Section 35 of the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act to modify penalty provisions for violations and failure to report deaths or injuries on family farms.

Requires that civil penalties or fines assessed against employers who fail to report a death or injury on a family farm must be reduced by the maximum amount allowed under the act if the death or injury involves the farm owner or a family member.

Defines "family farm" as a farming operation wholly owned by the operator or family members, with more than 50% family member employees and no more than 9 non-family employees during the preceding 12-month period, and excludes operations with hired non-family managers or nonfamily corporations.

Updates departmental references to reflect the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Health and Human Services for public employer cases.

Makes minor grammatical changes throughout the section, including replacing "a person" with "an individual" and restructuring penalty language to specify imprisonment and fine amounts in felony provisions.