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Ind. Code § 22-8-1.1-2 (2026)

Employers; duties

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     Sec. 2. Each employer shall establish and maintain conditions of work which are reasonably safe and healthful for employees, and free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees.

Formerly: Acts 1971, P.L.356, SEC.1; Acts 1973, P.L.241, SEC.2.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1981–2010 · leading case: LTV Steel Co. v. Griffin, 730 N.E.2d 1251 (Ind. 2000).
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LTV Steel Co. v. Griffin, 730 N.E.2d 1251 (Ind. 2000). · cites it 5× “” Ind.Code § 22-8-1.1-2. 1 Under IOSHA, an Occupational Safety Standards Commission is authorized to promulgate safety and health standards.”
Union Tank Car, Fleet Operations v. Comm'r of Labor, 671 N.E.2d 885 (Ind. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 6× “Ind.Code Ann. § 22-8-1.1-2 (West 1991). The Board ruled that UTC committed five knowing violations concerning failure to comply with the Act in the areas of establishing procedures for a safe confined space entry program and training UTC personnel in following such procedures.”
State v. Kokomo Tube Co., 426 N.E.2d 1338 (Ind. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “Our conclusion also takes into account the fundamental purpose of IO-SHA, which is to protect employees from workplace conditions which endanger their health and safety, see Ind.Code § 22-8-1.1-2; and balances the competing private and public interests at stake.”
Beaty Constr., Inc. v. Bd. of Saf. Review, 912 N.E.2d 824 (Ind. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 4× “" Ind.Code § 22-8-1.1-2. Under I0SHA, an Oceupational Safety Standards Commission is authorized to promulgate safety and health standards.”
Terrell v. Rowsey, 647 N.E.2d 662 (Ind. Ct. App. 1995). · cites it 2× “" Ind. Code 22-8-1.1-2. Courts have construed IOSHA's federal counterpart to require an employer to prevent foreseeable hazards caused by employees.”
Hatter v. Pierce Mfg., Inc., 934 N.E.2d 1160 (Ind. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “" Ind.Code § 22-8-1.1-2 8 Thus, the safe workplace instruction did not misstate the law by referring to PTFD's duty to take reasonable safety precautions in its use of the fire truck.”
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