{"id":"DUT-TN-008","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development (TOSHA, a State plan approved under 29 U.S.C. 667)","authority":"Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1972, Tenn. Code Ann. title 50, ch. 3","instrument":"Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 50-3-105","title":"Employers\u0027 rights and duties","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every person engaged in a business with one or more employees, including county, metropolitan and municipal governments, sec. 50-3-103 as summarized on the page)"],"clause":"(1) 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; (2) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards or regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.","enforcement":"Civil penalties under secs. 50-3-402 to -408, including up to $7,000 per violation for a known serious endangerment not in compliance with a standard (sec. 50-3-403, Ex. DUT-TN-011)","functions":[],"notes":"Bound every Tennessee employer with one or more employees to furnish conditions and a place of employment free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious harm and to comply with TOSHA standards, which adopt 29 C.F.R. part 1910 by reference (Ex. DUT-TN-009); SARS-CoV-2 in the workplace was a recognized hazard from March 2020, so screening, distancing, sanitation, ventilation, exclusion of infected workers and respiratory protection were the means of a standing legal duty.","sourceUrl":"https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/tennessee/tn-code/tennessee_code_50-3-105","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":430296,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-TN","url":"/library/DUT-TN-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-TN-008","citation":"Tennessee General Assembly (codified statute); administered by the Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development (TOSHA, a State plan approved under 29 U.S.C. 667), Tenn. Code Ann. sec. 50-3-105 (standing) (Ex. DUT-TN-008)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["DUT-TN-009","FED-080","DUT-TN-011"]}