{"id":"DUT-PA-006","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania","authority":"Police power of the Commonwealth; the Act\u0027s title: \u0027To provide for the safety and to protect the health and morals of persons while employed... and fixing penalties\u0027","instrument":"Statute (Act of May 18, 1937, P.L. 654, No. 174)","title":"General Safety Law","dateIssued":"1937-05-18","effective":"Standing law throughout 2020 and 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"1937-05-18","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers; owners, agents and lessees of every establishment where persons are employed (except farms and private dwellings), including Commonwealth, political-subdivision and school-district workplaces"],"clause":"All establishments shall be so constructed, equipped, arranged, operated, and conducted as to provide reasonable and adequate protection for the life, limb, health, safety, and morals of all persons employed therein.","enforcement":"sec. 15: first offense, summary conviction and a fine of $25 to $100 (30 days\u0027 imprisonment in default); second offense, $50 to $200 (60 days in default); third offense, a misdemeanor; sec. 13: L\u0026I inspection, entry and corrective instructions","functions":[],"notes":"Bound every \u0027establishment\u0027 (\u0027any room, building or place within this Commonwealth where persons are employed or permitted to work for compensation of any kind\u0027) to be \u0027operated, and conducted\u0027 so as to provide \u0027reasonable and adequate protection for the life, limb, health, safety, and morals of all persons employed therein,\u0027 with the Department of Labor and Industry empowered \u0027to enter any room, building, or place where labor is employed, and to issue the necessary instructions... to correct violations.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/1937/0/0174..PDF","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":59230,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-PA","url":"/library/DUT-PA-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-PA-006","citation":"General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Statute (Act of May 18, 1937, P.L. 654, No. 174) (standing) (Ex. DUT-PA-006)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["DUT-AL-009","DUT-AR-011","DUT-CO-009","PA-008","PA-007","PA-016","PA-020","PA-022"]}