{"id":"DUT-VT-010","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Vermont","state":"VT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 28, Occupational Health)","authority":"police power of the State; 18 V.S.A. secs. 1415-1417 (Division of Occupational Health within the Department of Health); 21 V.S.A. chapter 3, subchapter 5 (VOSHA Code)","instrument":"18 V.S.A. sec. 1418 (Control equipment)","title":"Control equipment: Commissioner of Health\u0027s order to an employer to remove or control a health hazard","dateIssued":"2006-04-05","effective":"standing; in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021 (text captured November 28, 2021)","end":"standing","startDate":"2021-11-28","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMP"],"addressees":["employers"],"clause":"The Commissioner of Health may by order require an employer to provide protective equipment, install and maintain control appliances and equipment, or take any other action necessary to remove or control a health hazard or to prevent a health hazard from becoming injurious. Failure to do so within the time limited by the Director shall be a violation of the VOSHA Code","enforcement":"violation of the VOSHA Code, reported to the Commissioner of Labor: civil penalties under 21 V.S.A. sec. 210 (Ex. DUT-VT-015)","functions":[],"notes":"Every employer to provide protective equipment, install and maintain control equipment, or take any other action the Commissioner of Health orders to remove or control a health hazard in the workplace or to prevent it from becoming injurious; failure within the time set is a violation of the VOSHA Code, penalized under 21 V.S.A. sec. 210.","sourceUrl":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/028/01418","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20211128225803/https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/18/028/01418","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":37325,"grade":"primary","character":"workplace_duty","description":"","collection":"DUT-VT","url":"/library/DUT-VT-010","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-VT-010","citation":"Vermont General Assembly (Title 18, chapter 28, Occupational Health), 18 V.S.A. sec. 1418 (Control equipment) (standing) (Ex. DUT-VT-010)","stateName":"Vermont","related":["DUT-VT-015"]}