§ 28-20-1. Definitions. When used in this chapter: (1) “Amendment” means any modification or change in a code intended to be of universal or general application. (2) “Code” means a standard body of rules for safety and health formulated, adopted, and issued by the commission under the provisions of this chapter. (3) “Commission” means the […]
§ 28-20-10. Applicability to state and municipal employees. It shall be the responsibility of the head of each state agency and of each agency in the political subdivisions of the state to establish and maintain an effective and comprehensive occupational safety and health program that is consistent with this chapter and with the codes, rules, […]
§ 28-20-11. Recordkeeping requirements. (a) Each employer shall make, keep, preserve, and furnish to the director any records regarding his or her activities relating to this chapter that the director, in cooperation with the United States Secretary of Labor and the United States Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, or their successors, may prescribe by […]
§ 28-20-12. Inspection powers. (a) The director, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator, representative, or agent in charge, is authorized: (1) To enter without delay and at reasonable times any factory, plant, establishment, construction site or other area, workplace, or environment where work is performed by an employee of an employer; and (2) […]
§ 28-20-13. Inspection of violations. (a) Any employee or representative of employees who believes that a violation of a safety or health code exists that threatens physical harm, or that an imminent danger exists, may request an inspection by giving notice to the director of the violation or danger. Any notice shall be reduced to […]
§ 28-20-14. Procedures to counteract imminent dangers. (a) The superior court shall have jurisdiction, upon petition of the attorney general, to restrain any conditions or practices in any place of employment that are such that a danger exists which could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm immediately or before the imminence […]
§ 28-20-15. Prosecution of violations. It shall be the duty of the director to enforce the provisions of this chapter and upon request of the director the attorney general shall prosecute all violations of this chapter. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
§ 28-20-16. Compliance orders. (a) If upon inspection or investigation the director believes that an employer has violated a requirement of § 28-20-8, or of any code, rule, or order promulgated pursuant to § 28-20-24, or of any regulation prescribed pursuant to this chapter or chapter 19 [repealed] of this title, he or she shall […]
§ 28-20-17. Enforcement procedure. (a) After the issuance of a compliance order pursuant to § 28-20-16(a), the director shall, within a reasonable time after the termination of the inspection or investigation, notify the employer by certified mail of the penalty, if any, proposed to be assessed under § 28-20-18 and that the employer has fifteen […]
§ 28-20-18. Penalties. (a) Any employer who or that willfully or repeatedly violates the requirements of § 28-20-8, any code, rule, or order promulgated pursuant to § 28-20-24, or regulations prescribed pursuant to this chapter, may be assessed a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each violation. (b) Any employer […]
§ 28-20-19. Occupational safety and health review board. (a) The occupational safety and health review board is established. (b) The review board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the governor: (1) One of whom shall be a qualified member of the occupational safety profession; (2) One shall be a qualified elevator representative; […]
§ 28-20-2. Division of occupational safety. (a) The department of labor and training shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of all laws, codes, rules, and regulations pertaining to occupational safety and health as applied to every employer operating in this state, provided that inspection of health hazards shall be made pursuant to the […]
§ 28-20-2.1. Video display terminals — Informational brochure — Training programs. The department of labor and training is directed to develop an informational brochure relating to the use of video display terminals in the work place. In addition to the brochure, the department shall develop a plan, in cooperation with business, industry, and labor, for […]
§ 28-20-20. Judicial review. Any employer, employee, the director, or other individual who or that is aggrieved by any order of the review board may appeal the order pursuant to the provisions of chapter 35 of title 42. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 55, § 3.
§ 28-20-21. Discrimination on account of complaint. (a) No employer shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because the employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this chapter or has testified or is about to testify in any proceeding; or because […]
§ 28-20-22. Code commission for occupational safety and health — Composition, appointment, terms, and removal of members. There is created within the department of labor and training a code commission for occupational safety and health, consisting of five (5) members, of whom two (2) shall represent industry, two (2) shall represent labor, and one shall […]
§ 28-20-23. Compensation of commission members — Assistance — Appropriations. Members of the commission shall receive no salary, but shall receive compensation not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each day spent in the discharge of their official duties, with a maximum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) annually. An official meeting of the commission shall be […]
§ 28-20-24. Power to adopt codes — Advisory committees — Conformance with national standards. (a) In addition to any other powers and duties that may be conferred upon it by law, the commission shall have the power and duty to make, amend, and repeal codes for the elimination of safety or health hazards in every […]
§ 28-20-25. Hearing on codes. No code may be adopted, amended, or repealed except pursuant to the provisions contained in chapter 35 of title 42. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
§ 28-20-26. Effective date of codes and changes. All codes and all amendments to them and repeals of them shall take effect twenty (20) days after certified copies are filed in the office of the secretary of state. History of Section.P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.
