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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 292.310 (2026)

Articles considered dangerous to health

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  292.310.  Articles considered dangerous to health. — The carrying on of any process, or manufacture, or labor in this state in which antimony, arsenic, brass, copper, lead, mercury, phosphorus, zinc, their alloys or salts or any poisonous chemicals, minerals, acids, fumes, vapors, gases, or other substances, are generated or used, employed or handled by the employees in harmful quantities, or under harmful conditions, or come in contact with in a harmful way, are hereby declared to be especially dangerous to the health of the employees.

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(RSMo 1939 § 10212)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 13253; 1919 § 6818

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1958–2012 · leading case: Marie v. Stand. Steel Works, 319 S.W.2d 871 (Mo. 1959).
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Marie v. Stand. Steel Works, 319 S.W.2d 871 (Mo. 1959). · cites it 6× “* * Essentially, the appellants’ first contention is that the only occupational diseases cognizable under the Workmen’s Compensation Act are those “caused by the handling, and lodging within the body, of chemically toxic substances” mentioned and referred to in § 292.310; and…”
McGhee v. W.R. Grace & Co., 312 S.W.3d 447 (Mo. Ct. App. 2010). · cites it 2× “Section 292.310 classifies the types of articles that are considered dangerous to health: The carrying on of any process, or manufacture, or labor in this state in which antimony, arsenic, brass, copper, lead, mercury, phosphorus, zinc, their alloys or salts or any poisonous…”
Moreland v. Eagle Picher Tech., LLC, 362 S.W.3d 491 (Mo. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “employee to the danger of illness or disease incident to such work, trade or process, to which employees are exposed, shall for the protection of all employees engaged in such work, trade or process, adopt and provide approved and effective devices, means or methods for the…”
Marie v. Stand. Steel Works, 311 S.W.2d 368 (Mo. Ct. App. 1958). “§ 292.310 (and prior enactments verbatim), set forth the kinds and types of conditions to which the Legislature referred as “occupational diseases “292.”
Oggesen v. Gen. Cable Corp., 174 F. Supp. 225 (E.D. Mo. 1959). “300 required •employers to provide protection to employees from diseases and § 292.310 listed ■articles considered dangerous to health as “any poisonous chemicals, minerals, acids, fumes, vapors, gases, or other substances.”
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