Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 152, § 2 (2026)

Powers and duties of department; investigation of causes of injuries

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Section 2. The department shall make all necessary inspections and investigations relating to causes of injuries for which compensation may be claimed, and for this purpose any board member or employee thereof may at any time enter places of employment when being used for business purposes. It shall also have the powers and duties set forth in this chapter.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1987–2001 · leading case: Wincek v. Town of West Springfield, 506 N.E.2d 517 (Mass. 1987).

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Wincek v. Town of West Springfield, 506 N.E.2d 517 (Mass. 1987). “Section 11 IF is not a “pure” workmen’s compensation law, because, unlike G. L. c. 152, § 2, a police officer is not entitled to benefits merely because he was injured in the course of his employment: the officer must be injured through no fault of his own.”

Dadak v. Com. Ins., 758 N.E.2d 1083 (Mass. App. Ct. 2001). “Of § 11 IF, the Supreme Judicial Court has said this statute “is not a ‘pure’ workmen’s compensation law, because, unlike G. L. c. 152, § 2, a police officer is not entitled to benefits merely because he was injured in the course of his employment: the officer must be injured…”

Cox v. Saf. Ins., 1996 Mass. App. Div. 211 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1996). “41], §11 IF is not a ‘pure’ workmen’s compensation law, because, unlike G.L.c. 152, §2, a police officer is not entitled to benefits merely because he was injured in the course of his employment: the officer must be injured through no fault of his own .”

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