(a) Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
(b) Each employer shall, upon the written request of any employee, furnish such employee with a written statement listing the substances which such employee uses or with which such employee comes into contact that have been identified as toxic and hazardous by occupational safety and health standards, under Title 29 CFR 1910.1000 “Air Contaminant Code of Federal Regulations”.
(c) Each employer shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this chapter.
(d) Each employee shall comply with occupational safety and health standards and all regulations and orders issued pursuant to this chapter which are applicable to his own actions and conduct.
(P.A. 73-379, S. 4, 21; P.A. 77-107.)
History: P.A. 77-107 inserted new Subsec. (b) re employer's duty to notify employees of toxic and hazardous substances which they use, etc. and relettered former Subsecs. (b) and (c) accordingly.
Cited. 184 C. 173; 243 C. 66.
Notes of Decisions
Parsons v. United Tech. Corp., 700 A.2d 655 (Conn. 1997).
· cites it 9× “” General Statutes § 31-370 provides: “Duties of employer and employee, (a) Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to…”
Lopez v. Burris Logistics Co., 952 F. Supp. 2d 396 (D. Conn. 2013).
· cites it 6× “§ 81-49 and Conn. Gen Stat. § 31-370). 20 The Court specifically noted that Conn.”
Wendland v. Ridgefield Constr. Servs., Inc., 439 A.2d 954 (Conn. 1981).
· cites it 4× “Support for this position is found in the general duty clause which requires that “[e]ach employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical…”
Thibodeau v. Design Grp. One Architects, LLC, 802 A.2d 731 (Conn. 2002).
· cites it 2× “The plaintiff employee relied primarily on General Statutes § 31-49, which provides that employers shall exercise reasonable care to maintain a reasonably safe workplace for their employees, and General Statutes § 31-370, which requires employers to furnish their employees with…”
Burnham v. Karl & Gelb, P.C., 717 A.2d 811 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998).
· cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 31-370 provides: “(a) Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.”
Corcoran v. Newmark Knight Frank Valuation & Advisory, LLC, No. 3:20-cv-00018 (D. Conn. Sept. 4, 2020).
· cites it 3× “§ 31-49 which announces that it is “the duty of the master to exercise reasonable care to provide for his servant a reasonably safe place in which to work”; and Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 31-370 (a) which requires “[e]ach employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment…”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-370(a): 1 case
Lopez v. Burris Logistics Co., 952 F. Supp. 2d 396 (D. Conn. 2013).
“§ 81-49 and Conn. Gen Stat. § 31-370). 20 The Court specifically noted that Conn.”
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