{"id":"DUT-MN-007","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Minnesota","state":"MN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Minnesota Legislature (Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, Minn. Stat. ch. 182; administered by the Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA, under an approved State plan, 29 U.S.C. § 667)","authority":"Minn. Stat. ch. 182","instrument":"Minn. Stat. ch. 182 (2020), Occupational Safety and Health","title":"Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Act: rights and duties of employers (§ 182.653), rights and duties of employees (§ 182.654), standards (§ 182.655), penalties (§ 182.666), discrimination (§ 182.669)","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every employer in Minnesota, public and private)"],"clause":"Each employer shall furnish to each of its employees conditions of employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious injury or harm to its employees.... Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards or rules promulgated pursuant to this chapter.","enforcement":"§ 182.666: willful or repeated violations \u0027a fine not to exceed $70,000 for each violation\u0027 with a $5,000 minimum for a willful violation (subd. 1); serious violations up to $7,000 each and up to $25,000 where a § 182.653 subd. 2 violation \u0027causes or contributes to the death of an employee\u0027 (subd. 2); minimum $50,000 (willful or repeated) or $25,000 total for citations connected to a death (subd. 2a); nonserious violations up to $7,000 (subd. 3); failure to correct (subd. 4); § 182.669 remedies for discrimination including back pay and compensatory damages (recited in EO 20-54 ¶ 6, Ex. MN-020).","functions":[],"notes":"Every Minnesota employer owed its employees a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause serious harm, compliance with every adopted standard (including the federal standards adopted by reference in Minn. R. 5205.0010), a written accident and injury reduction program describing \u0027the methods used to identify, analyze, and control new or existing hazards, conditions, and operations\u0027 (subd. 8, AWAIR), and respect for the employee\u0027s good-faith right \u0027to refuse to work under conditions which the employee reasonably believes present an imminent danger of death or serious physical harm\u0027 (§ 182.654 subd. 11).","sourceUrl":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/2020/cite/182/pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":935030,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MN","url":"/library/DUT-MN-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MN-007","citation":"Minnesota Legislature (Minnesota Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1973, Minn. Stat. ch. 182; administered by the Department of Labor and Industry, MNOSHA, under an approved State plan, 29 U.S.C. § 667), Minn. Stat. ch. 182 (2020), Occupational Safety and Health (standing) (Ex. DUT-MN-007)","stateName":"Minnesota","related":["MN-020","DUT-MN-009","DUT-MN-010","DUT-MN-014","DUT-MN-020"]}