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Ex. DUT-NE-014 Standing duty Primary source read

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-404

Sanitation; duty of employer

Nebraska Legislature · Nebraska (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Nebraska
Level
State
Authority
Statute; Laws 1911, c. 67, § 4, as amended
Effective
standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Workplace rulesStanding duty
Addressees
  • employers; owners or persons in control of any building where one or more persons are employed
Character
workplace duty
Collection
Standing duties: Nebraska DUT-NE

Operative words

All of the aforesaid places shall be kept clean and free from effluvia arising from any drain, privy or nuisance, and shall be ventilated and kept in a sanitary condition. The Department of Labor or any person authorized by the department may require such changes or additions to be made in any of the aforesaid places as will promote the best measures of sanitation.

Penalty

§ 48-424: Class II misdemeanor (DUT-NE-015)

What it required

Every place of employment covered by § 48-401 ('Every factory, mill, workshop, mercantile or mechanical establishment or other building, where one or more persons are employed') must be ventilated and kept in a sanitary condition, and the Department of Labor may require changes 'as will promote the best measures of sanitation'.

Retrieval note

Unamended since R.S.1943. The scope phrase 'aforesaid places' is defined by § 48-401 (read on the official site; not saved). § 48-403 (read; not saved) separately requires mechanical removal of dust, fumes or 'impure' air 'which may be inhaled by the persons employed therein'.