(1) An employer shall make, keep, and preserve accurate and timely records and reports of work illnesses and injuries and report the information to the appropriate department in a form and in accordance with rules promulgated by the departments under authority of this act for the purpose of developing information regarding the causes and prevention of occupational illnesses and injuries.

    (2) An employer shall maintain accurate records of employee exposures to potentially toxic substances or harmful physical agents that are required to be monitored or measured by standards promulgated by the commissions. An employee or former employee shall have access to those records that indicate the employee’s or former employee’s own exposure to toxic materials or harmful physical agents.

    (3) An employer shall promptly notify an employee who was or is being exposed to toxic materials or harmful physical agents in concentrations or at levels that exceed those prescribed by a rule or standard promulgated under this act, and shall inform an employee who is being exposed to those toxic materials or harmful physical agents of the corrective action being taken.

    (4) This act does not negate the record keeping and reporting requirements prescribed by section 18 and 24 of the occupational safety and health act of 1970, Public Law 91-596, 29 USC 667 and 673.