{"id":"DUT-OK-010","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Oklahoma","state":"OK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act of 1970; administered by the Commissioner of Labor)","authority":"40 O.S. ch. 10, 40 O.S. 401 et seq.","instrument":"40 O.S. 403","title":"Employer\u0027s Duties and Responsibilities","dateIssued":"1994-05-06","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"1994-05-06","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (public: the State and all its political subdivisions, per 40 O.S. 402(1)); private employers through 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1)"],"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, commensurate with the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.","enforcement":"40 O.S. 412 (read, not saved): failure to comply with any standard, or violation of the Act, a misdemeanor; injunction; \u0027Each day upon which such violation occurs shall constitute a separate violation\u0027; administrative penalties by rule; for private employers, 29 U.S.C. 666 civil penalties (OSHA\u0027s 2020 General Duty Clause citations: AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031, -095)","functions":[],"notes":"Every employer within the Act, which 40 O.S. 402(1) defines as \u0027the state and all its political subdivisions\u0027 (DUT-OK-011), must furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm, measured against the federal OSH Act; subsection B forbids retaliation against an employee who complains or testifies; subsection C requires reports of fatal or multiple-hospitalization accidents. For every private employer in Oklahoma the identical duty is 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), the federal general duty clause, Oklahoma having no State plan for the private sector (DUT-OK-012).","sourceUrl":"https://www.oscn.net/applications/oscn/DeliverDocument.asp?CiteID=77575","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":357713,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-OK","url":"/library/DUT-OK-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-OK-010","citation":"Oklahoma Legislature (Oklahoma Occupational Health and Safety Standards Act of 1970; administered by the Commissioner of Labor), 40 O.S. 403 (standing) (Ex. DUT-OK-010)","stateName":"Oklahoma","related":["DUT-OK-011","DUT-OK-012","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-029","DUT-OK-013","AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-031"]}