{"id":"DUT-OH-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Ohio","state":"OH","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Title 41, Chapter 4101, Safety in the Workplace)","authority":"Ohio Const. art. II, secs. 1 and 34 (laws for the \u0027comfort, health, safety and general welfare of all employes\u0027)","instrument":"Statute (effective October 1, 1953, H.B. 1, 100th G.A.; the \u0027frequenter statute\u0027)","title":"Duty of employer to protect employees and frequenters","dateIssued":"1953-10-01","effective":"October 1, 1953","end":"standing","startDate":"1953-10-01","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every employer in Ohio); the duty runs to employees and to frequenters of the place of employment"],"clause":"Every employer shall furnish employment which is safe for the employees engaged therein, shall furnish a place of employment which shall be safe for the employees therein and for frequenters thereof,... follow and obey orders,... and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees and frequenters.","enforcement":"No criminal penalty in R.C. 4101.99 (which reaches only R.C. 4101.15); enforced as the statutory standard of care in civil actions by employees and frequenters (Eicher v. United States Steel Corp., Ex. DUT-OH-017) and, for employees, through the workers\u0027 compensation system (Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 35)","functions":[],"notes":"Bound every Ohio employer, throughout all six quarters, to furnish a place of employment safe for employees and for \u0027frequenters\u0027 (customers, vendors and visitors), to \u0027follow and obey orders,\u0027 and to do \u0027every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare\u0027 of both classes; the Director\u0027s Orders and the incorporated CDC and ODH guidance defined what a safe place of employment required in 2020-2021.","sourceUrl":"https://codes.ohio.gov/assets/laws/revised-code/authenticated/41/4101/4101.11/10-1-1953/4101.11-10-1-1953.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":211417,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-OH","url":"/library/DUT-OH-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OH-013","citation":"General Assembly of Ohio (Ohio Revised Code, Title 41, Chapter 4101, Safety in the Workplace), Statute (effective October 1, 1953, H.B. 1, 100th G.A.; the \u0027frequenter statute\u0027) (standing) (Ex. DUT-OH-013)","stateName":"Ohio","related":["DUT-AL-009","DUT-OH-017"]}