Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 15 — Occupational Safety and Health
§ 654. Duties of employers and employees
Statutory text
Each employer—
shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees;
shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter.
Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–596 § 5 · 84 Stat. 1590
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 654
(Pub. L. 91–596, § 5, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1593.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 91–596, § 5, Dec. 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 1593.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. duties (a) Each employer— (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this Act. (b) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all rules, regulations, and orders issued pursuant to this Act which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.
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