1. The director shall compile or supervise the compilation of all statistics and information relating to occupational injuries and illnesses required by and for the use of the United States Department of Labor in implementing the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. The director shall also compile or supervise the compilation of all statistics required of the division by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.

2. The labor and industrial relations commission of the Missouri department of labor and industrial relations, having been designated by the governor as the agency responsible for administering the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, is charged with the express duty and responsibility to take all possible steps necessary in order to comply with the terms, provisions and requirements of said act insofar as it is applicable to Missouri.