Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-404
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Removal or damage of safeguards - Failure to obey safety
Official statutory text
orders.
No employee shall willfully remove, displace, damage, destroy or
carry off any safety device or safeguard furnished or provided for
use in any employment or place of employment, or interfere in any
way with the use thereof by any other person. No employee or agent
of employees shall interfere with the use of any method or process
adopted for the protection of any employee in such employment or
place of employment, or of any other person lawfully within such
place of employment, or fail to follow and obey orders necessary to
protect the life, health and safety of such employees and any other
person lawfully within such place of employment.
No employee shall willfully remove, displace, damage, destroy or
carry off any safety device or safeguard furnished or provided for
use in any employment or place of employment, or interfere in any
way with the use thereof by any other person. No employee or agent
of employees shall interfere with the use of any method or process
adopted for the protection of any employee in such employment or
place of employment, or of any other person lawfully within such
place of employment, or fail to follow and obey orders necessary to
protect the life, health and safety of such employees and any other
person lawfully within such place of employment.
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