{"id":"DUT-CT-005","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 571, Occupational Safety and Health); administered by CONN-OSHA, Connecticut Department of Labor","authority":"P.A. 73-379 (Connecticut Occupational Safety and Health Act); 29 U.S.C. § 667 (State plans); P.A. 77-610 (definition of \u0027employer\u0027 limited to the state and political subdivisions)","instrument":"Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-367 (definitions), 31-369 (application), 31-370 (duties of employer and employee), 31-372 (adoption of federal standards), 31-382 (penalties)","title":"Chapter 571, Occupational Safety and Health (the CONN-OSHA Act)","dateIssued":"2025-10-01","effective":"standing; text in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2025-10-01","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (public sector: the State and any political subdivision); private employers are bound by the identical federal duty, 29 U.S.C. § 654(a)(1) (Ex. DUT-CT-009)"],"clause":"Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees. [§ 31-367(d):] \u0022Employer\u0022 means the state and any political subdivision thereof.","enforcement":"§ 31-382: civil penalty up to $10,000 for each wilful or repeated violation, up to $1,000 for each serious violation and for each day of failure to correct; criminal penalties for wilful violations causing death","functions":[],"notes":"Every public employer in Connecticut (the State and its political subdivisions, including every school district and municipality) to furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm and to comply with the standards adopted under the chapter, which by § 31-372 include every federal OSHA standard; § 31-369(b) preserves in full the common-law and statutory duties of all employers (including § 31-49) \u0027with respect to injuries, diseases or death of employees.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_571.htm","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":248506,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-CT","url":"/library/DUT-CT-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-CT-005","citation":"Connecticut General Assembly (Conn. Gen. Stat. chapter 571, Occupational Safety and Health); administered by CONN-OSHA, Connecticut Department of Labor, Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-367 (definitions), 31-369 (application), 31-370 (duties of employer and employee), 31-372 (adoption of federal standards), 31-382 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-CT-005)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":["DUT-CT-014","DUT-CT-009","FED-088","ECO-B-012","DUT-CT-004"]}