The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Wyoming
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Wyo. Stat. Ann. 27-11-101 to 27-11-114 (Wyoming Occupational Health and Safety Act); OSHA-approved State plan under 29 U.S.C. 667
- Effective
- standing
- 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
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- employers (every private and public employer in Wyoming); employees (27-11-105(b)(vii))
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Wyoming DUT-WY
Operative words
(A) Each employer shall furnish to his employees, a place of employment and employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm; (B) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards, rules, regulations and orders issued pursuant to this act.
Penalty
27-11-107(a): willful and knowing violation causing an employee's death, fine to $10,000 or imprisonment to six months, or both ($20,000 and one year on a second conviction); (b)-(d): civil penalties for willful, serious and other violations in amounts set by Commission rule, 'no greater than the corresponding federal penalty... under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 666' (j); (g): per-day penalty for failure to correct
What it required
Every employer must furnish a place of employment free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm and must comply with the standards, rules and orders under the Act (27-11-105(b)(vi)); the Act's declared policy is that 'the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases and abiding by rules and regulations are the responsibility of both the employer and the employee' and that it reaches 'everyone who works in private or public employment' (27-11-102(a)(i), (vi)); the Department 'shall enforce and administer this act' (27-11-106) and may institute 'appropriate civil or criminal actions' (27-11-105(a)(xvi)).
Retrieval note27-11-105(b)(ii)(C): Commission rules 'shall not be more stringent than corresponding federal rules and regulations'. Wyoming's general duty is the State-law counterpart of 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1) and is enforced by WYOSHA, not federal OSHA, in Wyoming workplaces. The Act had no COVID-19 content of its own; the hazard it addressed was defined during the six quarters by the Department of Health's orders and the federal OSHA guidance WYOSHA circulated (DUT-WY-015 to -017).