Places of employment to be safe -- Willful neglect -- Penalty.

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  • (1) An employer may not:
    • (a) construct, occupy, or maintain any place of employment that is not safe;
    • (b) require or knowingly permit any employee to be in any employment or place of employment that is not safe;
    • (c) fail to provide and use safety devices and safeguards;
    • (d) remove, disable, or bypass safety devices and safeguards;
    • (e) fail to obey orders of the commission;
    • (f) fail to obey rules of the commission;
    • (g) fail to adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render the employment and place of employment safe; or
    • (h) fail or neglect to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, and safety of the employer's employees.
  • (2) Compensation as provided in this chapter shall be increased 15%, except in case of injury resulting in death, when injury is caused by the willful failure of an employer to comply with:
    • (a) the law;
    • (b) a rule of the commission;
    • (c) any lawful order of the commission; or
    • (d) the employer's own written workplace safety program.




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