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2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 21. LABOR
ARTICLE 3. SAFETY AND WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES.
- §21-3-1. Employers to safeguard life, etc., of employees; reports and investigations of accidents; orders of commissioner.
- §21-3-2. Guarding machinery and dangerous places; standards for construction of scaffolding, hoists and temporary floors; first aid equipment.
- §21-3-3. Guarding shafts, hatchways, wheel holes, elevators and electrical apparatus; requiring correction of unsafe conditions.
- §21-3-3a. National Electrical Code minimum standards.
- §21-3-4. Removal of safeguards.
- §21-3-5. Control of machinery.
- §21-3-6. Stairways, passageways and lights; overloading floors or walls; space between machines.
- §21-3-7. Regulation of operation of steam boilers.
- §21-3-8. Smoking where prohibited by sign.
- §21-3-9. Fire escapes.
- §21-3-10. Food or meals in factories.
- §21-3-10a. Meal breaks.
- §21-3-11. Seats for female employees.
- §21-3-12. Water closets.
- §21-3-13. Washing facilities and dressing rooms.
- §21-3-14. Power of commissioner as to witnesses; prosecution of offenses; penalties; jurisdiction; exemption of coal mining operations; recovery of civil penalties.
- §21-3-15. Records and reports of commissioner, inspectors and chief clerk.
- §21-3-16. Inclosure of streetcar platforms.
- §21-3-17. Employers not to require payment of fees for medical examination as condition of employment; enforcement.
- §21-3-18. Hazardous chemical substances; notice to employees; reports to commissioner; penalties.
- §21-3-19. Discrimination for use of tobacco products prohibited.
- §21-3-20. Use of video and other electronic surveillance devices by employers prohibited.
- §21-3-21. Special Revenue Fund for the Division of Labor; authorized deposits; disbursements; purpose.
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