Ohio Revised Code
Chapter 4101 | Safety in the Workplace
Section 4101.12 | Duty of Employer to Furnish Safe Place of Employment.

Effective: October 1, 1953
Latest Legislation: House Bill 1 - 100th General Assembly
No employer shall require, permit, or suffer any employee to go or be in any employment or place of employment which is not safe, and no such employer shall fail to furnish, provide, and use safety devices and safeguards, or fail to obey and follow orders or to adopt and use methods and processes reasonably adequate to render such employment and place of employment safe. No employer shall fail to do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety, and welfare of such employees or frequenters. No such employer or other person shall construct, occupy, or maintain any place of employment that is not safe.

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