Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-107

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Inspection of working place - Findings

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(a) The Director of the Division of Labor or any of his or her deputies or inspectors shall have the right to enter any factory, mill, workshop, mercantile establishment, laundry, or other establishment where three (3) or more persons are employed for the purpose of making inspections and enforcing the provisions of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 . (b) They are empowered upon finding any violation of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 by reason of unsanitary conditions which will endanger the health of the employees therein employed, by reason of neglect to remove and prevent fumes and gases or odor injurious to employees, by reason of the failure or refusal to comply with any requirement of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 , or by reason of the inadequacy or insufficiency of any plan, method, practice, or device employed in assumed compliance with any of the requirements of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 to pass upon and to make a written finding as to the failure or refusal to comply with any requirement of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 or as to adequacy or sufficiency of any practice, plan, or method used in or about any place mentioned in this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 in supposed compliance with any of the requirements of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 . Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5330, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1937, No. 323, § 6; Pope's Dig., § 6474; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-406.

(a) The Director of the Division of Labor or any of his or her deputies or inspectors shall have the right to enter any factory, mill, workshop, mercantile establishment, laundry, or other establishment where three (3) or more persons are employed for the purpose of making inspections and enforcing the provisions of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 .

(b) They are empowered upon finding any violation of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 by reason of unsanitary conditions which will endanger the health of the employees therein employed, by reason of neglect to remove and prevent fumes and gases or odor injurious to employees, by reason of the failure or refusal to comply with any requirement of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 , or by reason of the inadequacy or insufficiency of any plan, method, practice, or device employed in assumed compliance with any of the requirements of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 to pass upon and to make a written finding as to the failure or refusal to comply with any requirement of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 or as to adequacy or sufficiency of any practice, plan, or method used in or about any place mentioned in this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 in supposed compliance with any of the requirements of this section, §§ 11-5-101 - 11-5-106 , and 11-5-108 - 11-5-111 .

Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5330, eff. 7/1/2019.

Acts 1937, No. 323, § 6; Pope's Dig., § 6474; A.S.A. 1947, § 81-406.

Status: in_force

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