Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-183
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Employer guilty of manslaughter, when - Penalty
Official statutory text
Should any employee enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke
chamber, while the same is under pressure of steam, at the command
or order of his employer, or the agent of such employer, and while
inside of such boiler, firebox or smoke chamber, meet with an
accident resulting in his death, the person or persons commanding or
ordering him to enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, shall
be guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, a Class D1 felony
offense punishable as provided for in subsections B through F of
Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
chamber, while the same is under pressure of steam, at the command
or order of his employer, or the agent of such employer, and while
inside of such boiler, firebox or smoke chamber, meet with an
accident resulting in his death, the person or persons commanding or
ordering him to enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, shall
be guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, a Class D1 felony
offense punishable as provided for in subsections B through F of
Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
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