1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to employment; occupational health and safety; requiring that records be 
1.3 	kept of the ethnicity of certain injured, sick, or deceased employees; amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 182.663, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 182.663, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Statistics program. In order to further the purposes of this 
1.8 	chapter, the commissioner shall develop and maintain an effective program of collection, 
1.9 	compilation, and analysis of occupational safety and health statistics. Such programs may 
1.10 	cover all employments within the scope of this chapter. The commissioner shall compile 
1.11 	accurate statistics, including the race and ethnicity of the worker,  on work deaths, injuries 
1.12 	and illnesses which shall include all deaths and all disabling, serious, or significant injuries 
1.13 	and illnesses, whether or not involving loss of time from work, other than minor injuries 
1.14 	requiring only first aid treatment and which do not involve medical treatment, loss of 
1.15 	consciousness, restrictions of work or motion, or transfer to another job. Such programs 
1.16 	shall be developed so that the state may coordinate and cooperate with a federal data 
1.17 	collection and record-keeping program.