Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 6 of chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 1988 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the first and second paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the following two paragraphs:-

The department shall investigate, from time to time, employments and places of employment, including, but not limited to, such places where temporary personnel and material elevators are used in construction, reconstruction or renovation of buildings, but excluding places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, and determine what suitable safety devices or other reasonable means or requirements for the prevention of accidents shall be adopted or followed in any or all such employments or places of employment; and also shall determine what suitable devices or other reasonable means or requirements for the prevention of industrial or occupational diseases shall be adopted or followed in any or all such employments or places of employment; and shall make reasonable rules, regulations and orders for the prevention of accidents and the prevention of industrial or occupational diseases, and rules and regulations pertaining to structural painting made hereunder may provide for the payment of reasonable fees.

The rules and regulations for elevators and for suitable safety devices or other reasonable means or requirements for the prevention of accidents shall also be applicable to self-employed and individual contractors who themselves work at the trade as well as to employees.