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Can you summarize MGL Chapter 149, Section 141?
LABOR AND INDUSTRIES > Medical and surgical chests; accommodations for treatment of injured or ill persons; facilities for heating food; violation of statute
Short Summary
This section of the Massachusetts General Law applies to persons operating factories, shops, or mechanical establishments where machinery is used for manufacturing or other purposes, and persons carrying on mercantile establishments. It requires such persons to keep and maintain medical or surgical chests containing necessary medicines and instruments for the treatment of persons injured or taken ill on the premises. If required by the department, persons employing one hundred or more employees must provide accommodations for the treatment of injured or ill persons and suitable facilities for heating or warming food. Mercantile establishments employing twenty or more persons must also provide the required medical and surgical chest. Violation of this section may result in a fine ranging from five to five hundred dollars per week of violation.
Whom does it apply to?
Persons operating factories, shops, or mechanical establishments where machinery is used for manufacturing or other purposes, and persons carrying on mercantile establishments
What does it govern?
Medical and surgical chests; accommodations for treatment of injured or ill persons; facilities for heating food
What are exemptions?
No exemptions are mentioned.
What are the Penalties?
A fine of not less than five nor more than five hundred dollars for every week during which such violation continues
Jurisdiction
Massachusetts