{"id":"DUT-MA-013","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"General Court (codified statute administered by the Department of Labor Standards and the Attorney General)","authority":"Massachusetts General Laws, Part I, Title XXI, Chapter 149 (Labor and Industries)","instrument":"G.L. c. 149, s. 6","title":"Safety devices and means to prevent accidents and diseases generally","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; places of employment (domestic service in the employer\u0027s home excepted)"],"clause":"The department shall or the attorney general may investigate... employments and places of employment... and also shall or the attorney general may determine what suitable devices or other reasonable means or requirements for the prevention of industrial or occupational diseases shall be adopted or followed in any or all such employments or places of employment","enforcement":"Fine of not more than $1,000 for each offense; complaint in the district court by the department, any aggrieved person, interested party or labor union officer","functions":[],"notes":"The Department of Labor Standards (and the Attorney General) determine the \u0027reasonable means or requirements for the prevention of industrial or occupational diseases\u0027 that \u0027shall be adopted or followed\u0027 in every place of employment and issue binding \u0027rules, regulations and orders\u0027 to that end; \u0027Whoever violates any rule, regulation or requirement made by the department under this section or section 6 1/2 shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars for each offense.\u0027 This is the statutory seat of DLS\u0027s role under COVID-19 Order No. 33 s. 2.","sourceUrl":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXI/Chapter149/Section6","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":55217,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-013","citation":"General Court (codified statute administered by the Department of Labor Standards and the Attorney General), G.L. c. 149, s. 6 (standing) (Ex. DUT-MA-013)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["MA-017","DUT-MA-022"]}