The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Ohio
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Ohio Const. art. II, secs. 1 and 34 (laws for the 'comfort, health, safety and general welfare of all employes')
- Issued
- 1953-10-01 Oct. 1, 1953
- Effective
- October 1, 1953 (read as 1953-10-01)
- End
- standing (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Standing since Oct. 1, 1953 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Workplace rulesStanding duty
- Addressees
- employers (every employer in Ohio); the duty runs to employees and to frequenters of the place of employment
- Character
- workplace duty
- Collection
- Standing duties: Ohio DUT-OH
Operative words
Every employer shall furnish employment which is safe for the employees engaged therein, shall furnish a place of employment which shall be safe for the employees therein and for frequenters thereof,... follow and obey orders,... and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees and frequenters.
Penalty
No criminal penalty in R.C. 4101.99 (which reaches only R.C. 4101.15); enforced as the statutory standard of care in civil actions by employees and frequenters (Eicher v. United States Steel Corp., Ex. DUT-OH-017) and, for employees, through the workers' compensation system (Ohio Const. art. II, sec. 35)
What it required
Bound every Ohio employer, throughout all six quarters, to furnish a place of employment safe for employees and for 'frequenters' (customers, vendors and visitors), to 'follow and obey orders,' and to do 'every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare' of both classes; the Director's Orders and the incorporated CDC and ODH guidance defined what a safe place of employment required in 2020-2021.
Retrieval noteOhio is a federal-OSHA State for private employers; its State plan (Public Employment Risk Reduction Program, R.C. Chapter 4167) covers public employers only. The federal general duty clause, 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), is in the library as Ex. DUT-AL-009 and is cited, not re-saved. R.C. 4101.99 was read on codes.ohio.gov and not saved.