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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5.5-120" title_number="5.5" title_name="Railroad Safety and Health" subtitle_number="1">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If the Commissioner or an authorized representative of the Commissioner concludes that a condition or practice in the operation of any railroad creates an imminent danger that reasonably could be expected to cause death or serious physical harm to an individual or serious physical damage to property, the authorized representative:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall give notice of the danger to the railroad company and each employee whom the danger affects; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may recommend that the Commissioner seek to enjoin the condition or practice.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>On a complaint filed by the Commissioner, a circuit court:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may enjoin a condition or practice at a railroad company if the condition or practice creates an imminent danger that reasonably could be expected to cause death or serious physical harm to an individual or serious physical damage to property; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may grant an injunction or temporary restraining order, pending the outcome of enforcement procedures under this title.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A temporary restraining order that is passed without notice may not be in effect for more than 7 days.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>An injunction under this subsection may require each act needed to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>avoid, correct, or remove the imminent danger; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>prohibit the employment or presence of any individual in a location or under a condition where the imminent danger exists other than an individual who needs to be present to:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>remove the imminent danger; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>where operations must be stopped, stop an operation in an orderly and safe manner.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
