{"id":"DUT-UT-011","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Utah","state":"UT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Utah Legislature (Utah Code Title 34A, Utah Labor Code, Chapter 6, Utah Occupational Safety and Health Act; version effective May 12, 2015, Laws of Utah 2015, ch. 229)","authority":"Utah Occupational Safety and Health Act, Utah Code Title 34A, Chapter 6 (the Utah State Plan approved under section 18 of the federal OSH Act, 29 U.S.C. section 667)","instrument":"Utah Code section 34A-6-201","title":"Duties of employers and employees","dateIssued":"2015-05-12","effective":"2015-05-12","end":"standing","startDate":"2015-05-12","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMP","DUTY"],"addressees":["employers (every employer in Utah, public and private, the State plan covering both); employees"],"clause":"Each employer shall: (a) furnish to each of its employees employment and a place of employment that are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to its employees; and (b) comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter.","enforcement":"Civil penalties up to $7,000 per cited violation, $250 to $7,000 per serious violation, $5,000 to $70,000 per willful violation, up to $7,000 per day for an uncorrected violation (Utah Code section 34A-6-307, Ex. DUT-UT-012)","functions":[],"notes":"Every Utah employer had to furnish employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm and to comply with every UOSH standard, including the federal standards adopted by reference under section 34A-6-202 and Utah Admin. Code R614-1-5 and the COVID-19 emergency rule R614-1-5.F (Ex. DUT-UT-018); every employee \u0027shall comply\u0027 with the standards, rules and orders applicable to the employee\u0027s own conduct (subsection (2)).","sourceUrl":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title34A/Chapter6/C34A-6-S201_2015051220150512.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":6081,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-UT","url":"/library/DUT-UT-011","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-UT-011","citation":"Utah Legislature (Utah Code Title 34A, Utah Labor Code, Chapter 6, Utah Occupational Safety and Health Act; version effective May 12, 2015, Laws of Utah 2015, ch. 229), Utah Code section 34A-6-201 (standing) (Ex. DUT-UT-011)","stateName":"Utah","related":["DUT-UT-018","DUT-UT-019","DUT-UT-012","DUT-UT-017"]}