Section 31-40l - Information requirements for employer using or producing toxic substances(a) Each employer shall provide information on the toxic substances which he uses or produces in the manufacture of any item, product or material, or which he uses or produces for purposes of research, experimentation or treatment, for each of his new employees, during the first month of their employment, as follows: (1) The name of the toxic substance, including generic or chemical name;(2) the location of toxic substances to which the employee may be exposed;(3) the properties of toxic substances to which employees may be exposed; (4) the acute and chronic effects of exposure at hazardous levels and the symptoms of effect of such exposure, to the extent such information is available from the manufacturer, the supplier, the Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Labor Department's Division of Occupational Safety and Health;(5) appropriate emergency treatment; (6) proper conditions for safe use of and exposure to such toxic substances; and(7) procedures for cleanup of leaks and spills of such toxic substances. All such information shall be provided, to the extent practicable, in informal and readily understandable language. Each employer shall also provide such information for any employee who is transferred from one job to another by the employer, within one month of such transfer, if the employee is exposed to additional toxic substances in his new job.(b) Upon distribution of information to an employee under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section or subsection (c) of section 31-40k, the employer may require the employee to sign a statement acknowledging receipt of such information.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-40l