(1) The Department of Workplace Standards shall develop and maintain a program of collection, compilation, and analysis of occupational safety and health statistics. Each employer shall make, keep and preserve, and make available to the commissioner and the Secretary of the United States Department of Labor or the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Resources, such records regarding his or her activities relating to this chapter as may be prescribed by regulation.
(2) The Department of Workplace Standards shall also issue regulations requiring that employers, through posting of notices or other appropriate means, keep their employees informed of their protection and obligations under this chapter.