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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="5-216" title_number="5" title_name="Occupational Safety and Health" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Administration and Enforcement">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If an authorized representative of the Commissioner concludes that a condition or practice at a place of employment creates an imminent danger that reasonably could be expected to cause death or serious physical harm to an employee, the authorized representative:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>shall give the employer and each employee whom the danger affects notice of the danger; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>may recommend to the Commissioner 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 place of employment if the condition or practice creates an imminent danger that reasonably could be expected to cause death or serious physical harm to an employee; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>pending the outcome of enforcement procedures under this title, may grant an injunction or temporary restraining order.</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;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>maintain the capacity of a continuous process operation in order to resume normal operations without stopping operation completely; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>where operations must be stopped, stop an operation in an orderly and safe manner.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>If the Commissioner arbitrarily or capriciously fails to seek relief under this section, on a complaint filed by or for an employee who may be injured as a result of the failure, a circuit court may pass a writ of mandamus to compel the Commissioner to seek the relief and grant other appropriate relief.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>An action under this subsection shall be brought in the circuit court for the county where the alleged imminent danger exists.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
