{"id":"DUT-AK-005","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Occupational Safety and Health Act; administered by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Labor Standards and Safety Division, Alaska Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH), an OSHA-approved State plan under 29 U.S.C. 667)","authority":"Alaska Statutes, Title 18, ch. 60, art. 1, Occupational Safety and Health, AS 18.60.010-18.60.105","instrument":"AS 18.60.010 - 18.60.105 (in particular AS 18.60.075, Safe employment, and AS 18.60.095, Penalties)","title":"Occupational safety and health: powers of the department; safe employment; inspections; citations; enforcement procedures; penalties","dateIssued":"2026-09-28","effective":"standing","end":"standing","startDate":"2026-09-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers (every employer in Alaska within the State plan, private and public); employees (AS 18.60.075(b))"],"clause":"(a) An employer shall do everything necessary to protect the life, health, and safety of employees, including... (4) furnishing to each employee employment and a place of employment that are free from recognized hazards that, in the opinion of the commissioner, are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to the employees.","enforcement":"AS 18.60.095: civil penalties per violation up to the maxima set by regulation, capped at the federal amounts under 29 U.S.C. 666 ((a)-(d), (g), (i)); a serious violation \u0027shall be assessed\u0027 a civil penalty ((b)); willful or repeated violation causing death: fine to $10,000 or six months, or both, on first conviction ((e)); citations and enforcement under AS 18.60.091-18.60.093","functions":[],"notes":"Every Alaska employer owed a standing, affirmative duty to \u0027do everything necessary to protect the life, health, and safety of employees\u0027, to comply with every adopted standard, to furnish and prescribe protective equipment ((a)(2)), to adopt \u0027control or technological procedures\u0027 and monitor \u0027employee exposure in connection with hazards\u0027 ((a)(3)), and to furnish a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm ((a)(4)); SARS-CoV-2 was such a hazard from March 2020, and the distancing, screening, barrier, ventilation, respiratory-protection and sanitation measures were the means of discharging the duty.","sourceUrl":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp?media=print\u0026secStart=18.60.010\u0026secEnd=18.60.105","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":162307,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-AK","url":"/library/DUT-AK-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-AK-005","citation":"Alaska State Legislature (Alaska Occupational Safety and Health Act; administered by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Labor Standards and Safety Division, Alaska Occupational Safety and Health (AKOSH), an OSHA-approved State plan under 29 U.S.C. 667), AS 18.60.010 - 18.60.105 (in particular AS 18.60.075, Safe employment, and AS 18.60.095, Penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-AK-005)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["DUT-AK-006","DUT-AK-008","DUT-AK-019"]}