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MA Gen L ch 149 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 11 - Reports by Physicians Generally

Section 11. The department may require every physician treating a patient whom he believes to be suffering from any ailment or disease contracted as a result of the nature, circumstances or conditions of the patient's employment to report such information relating thereto as it may require, within such time as it may fix, and it may issue a list of such diseases which shall be regularly reported upon by physicians, and may add to or change such list at any time. The department shall pay no fee for such report. Copies of all such reports and all statistics and data compiled therefrom shall be kept by it, and shall be furnished on request to the department of industrial accidents and the department of public health. No such report shall be subject to summons nor shall its contents be made public.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 11a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 11a - Occupational Lead Registry; Blood Lead Testing Reports; Regulations; Enforcement

Section 11A. To assist in the identification and treatment of workers exposed to lead and to reduce the incidence of occupational lead poisoning in the commonwealth, an occupational lead registry shall be established within the department of labor standards.  Every clinical laboratory that performs blood lead testing on site, or that sends blood lead specimens to out-of-state laboratories for lead testing, shall report blood lead test results on individuals over the age of fifteen to the commissioner in a manner to be determined by the commissioner.  The report shall include the identity of the reporting laboratory; the name, date of birth or age, and blood level of the individual tested; the date the blood sample was drawn; and the name and address or telephone number of the health care provider ordering the test; and any other such information as the department deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Results of free erythrocyte protoporphyrin or zinc protoporphyrin shall also be reported if available. A health care provider who has ordered a blood lead test shall, upon request by the department, provide information that the department deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The clinical laboratory report and the provider information shall be maintained confidential and are not matters of public record; provided, however, that department of public health shall have full access to the reports and provider information for the purposes of research and analysis.  The department shall promulgate such regulations as it deems necessary for the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this chapter. Any person who violates a provision of this chapter, or any regulation adopted or issued thereunder shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation. Each day such violation occurs or continues shall be considered a separate violation.  The superior court department of the trial court shall have jurisdiction to enjoin violations of, or grant such additional relief as it deems necessary or appropriate to secure compliance with the provisions of this chapter, or any regulations issued or adopted thereunder, upon petition of the attorney general or the department. The department shall not be liable for any filing fee in any such enforcement effort before the superior court.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 12 - Regulations Prevailing Over Regulations of Workmen's Compensation Insurer

Section 12. If any rule or regulation made under authority of section sixty-four of chapter one hundred and fifty-two conflicts with or differs from a rule or regulation of the department, its rule or regulation shall prevail.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 13 - Violations of Regulations or Orders

Section 13. No person shall violate any reasonable rule, regulation, order or requirement made by the department under section six or eleven.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 14 - Annual Reports of Commissioner

Section 14. The commissioner shall make an annual report, including the reports required by sections one hundred and sixty and one hundred and seventy of this chapter, section ten of chapter one hundred and fifty, section fifteen of chapter one hundred and fifty-one, and section fifty-seven of chapter ninety-eight. The commissioner shall also include in his report such data as to the work of the division on the necessaries of life as he may deem advisable.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 15 - Inspection Districts; Assignment of Inspectors

Section 15. With the approval of the associate commissioners and the assistant commissioner, the commissioner may divide the commonwealth into inspection districts, and assign the necessary number of inspectors thereto.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 16 - Receipt of Gift by Inspector

Section 16. An inspector who directly or indirectly receives a reward, gift or gratuity on account of his official services shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, and shall also be discharged from office.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 17 - Entry of Places of Employment for Examinations and Investigations; Access to Records

Section 17. For the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter, the commissioner, the assistant commissioner and the associate commissioners, and the director, inspectors, and other representatives of the department of labor standards may enter places of employment, other than places of employment of persons engaged in domestic service in the home of the employer, and examine the methods of protection from accident, the means of escape from fire, the sanitary provisions, the lighting and means of ventilation, and make investigations as to the employment of minors and as to compliance with all provisions of this chapter, and shall have access to all records pertaining to wages, hours, and other conditions of employment which are found essential to such investigations.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18 - Duties of Industrial Health Inspectors Relative to Minors

Section 18. Every industrial health inspector shall inform himself concerning the health of all minors employed in factories within his district; and whenever he may deem it advisable or necessary, he shall call the ill health or physical unfitness of any minor to the attention of his parents, guardians or employer and of the department.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18b - Confined Spaces; Ventilation; Longshore and Waterfront Operations

Section 18B. Before allowing employees to enter confined spaces where flammable, poisonous, asphyxiant, suffocant or anesthetic vapors, gases or dusts are likely to exist, the area shall be made free of the hazardous substance; employees shall be advised of the hazard; adequate ventilation shall be provided; and proper respiratory equipment shall be provided where necessary.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18c - Power Transmission Equipment; Longshore and Waterfront Operations

Section 18C. Power transmission equipment (such as gears, belts, pulleys, sprockets, etc.) shall be enclosed or guarded in a manner that will prevent accidental injury to workers.  Prime movers, machinery and equipment shall not be cleaned, adjusted or repaired while in motion. When, due to the process, it is not possible to shut down the machinery, extension swabs, brushes, scrapers or other extended tools shall be used to minimize employee hazards. Where the machine is equipped with lockable controls, the control shall be locked in the ''off'' position. Caution signs shall be placed on the controls of the machines during repair work.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18d - Ropes, Hooks and Cranes; Use and Operation; Longshore and Waterfront Operations

Section 18D. All chains, wire ropes and fiber ropes shall be of sufficient strength to safely lift or otherwise handle the loads.  The use of deformed hooks or rings shall be discontinued.  All hooks, slings, bridles and fittings shall be of the correct size for the work to be done, and shall have sufficient strength to sustain the loads imposed upon them. Wire bridles shall have a covering of marlin, rubber hose or other suitable material for the protection of the employee's hands at the splice.  A crane, derrick, hoist or winch shall not be loaded beyond the rated capacity or safe working load, whichever is smaller.  The load shall be attached to the hook by means of slings or other suitable effective means, which shall be properly rigged to insure the safe handling of the load. Slings shall be free of kinks or twists before use.  No employee shall be required to or shall ride on loads, slings, hooks, buckets or skip boxes, except under conditions or exception covered by other orders of the division.  Operator shall never leave crane, hoist, derrick or winch while load is suspended unless the load is suspended over water or a barricaded area, or is blocked up or otherwise supported from below during repair or emergency.  Only qualified employees shall give signals. No one should give signals except employees who are specifically designated and authorized to do so by the employer. Operators shall not accept signals except from those specifically designated and authorized to give same.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18e - Safety Precautions in Dangerous Undertakings; Longshore and Waterfront Operations

Section 18E. Persons working in locations where there is a hazard to the head or eyes shall be safeguarded by means of head or eye protection.  Protection may be required for persons working under conditions where there is a hazard to the body, hands or feet.  Safety belts shall be of approved type. Lifelines shall be of strength equivalent to one-half inch manila rope.  At least two life buoys or life rings with appropriate lines attached shall be kept in conveniently accessible places where employees' work exposes them to the hazard of drowning, or each employee so exposed shall wear a life vest. Life vests may be required for workers who are in constant and imminent danger of drowning.  Readily located ladders shall be provided on all docks, wharves or piers where employees' work exposes them to the hazard of drowning. The ladders shall reach from the floor of the structure to the lowest water elevation. Portable ladders shall be equipped with a substantial means to readily secure them to the structure.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18f - Explosives; Longshore and Waterfront Operations

Section 18F. Explosives and other dangerous articles and substances shall be loaded, unloaded, stored, transported or otherwise handled in accordance with United States Coast Guard regulations.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18h - Stop Signals; Longshore and Waterfront Operations

Section 18H. The employer shall provide blue stop signs for use by day and blue lights if night work is necessary, and shall cause them to be displayed before employees are permitted to work in, upon or under any standing railroad car or cars under conditions where unanticipated movement of such car or cars might endanger employees or equipment. The blue signals shall bear the word STOP in white letters not less than four inches in height on a blue background, and shall be placed on the track in a clear and unobstructed place. The signs shall be not less than twelve inches by fifteen inches in size. The signals shall be placed at a height of three to five feet, and not less than ten feet from either or both ends of the cars, as necessary to provide protection. The blue stop signals shall be placed and removed by one of the employees working in and about the cars. This employee shall be selected, instructed and directed by the employer in the safe procedures involved in placing and removing the blue stop signals.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 18i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 18i - Penalty for Violation of Secs. 18a to 18h; Longshore and Waterfront Operations

Section 18I. Any person violating any provision of the preceding sections eighteen A, eighteen B, eighteen C, eighteen D, eighteen E, eighteen F, eighteen G and eighteen H shall be punished by a fine of one thousand dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 19 - Prevention of Employment

Section 19. No person shall, by intimidation or force, prevent or seek to prevent a person from entering into or continuing in the employment of any person.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 19a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 19a - Copy of Medical Report for Employee

Section 19A. Any employer requiring a physical examination of an employee shall, upon request, cause said person to be furnished with a copy of the medical report following the said examination.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 19c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 19c - Employment of Aliens Restricted; Regulations; Penalty

Section 19C. It shall be unlawful for any employer knowingly to employ any alien in the commonwealth, who is a student or visitor or, who has not been admitted to the United States for permanent residence, except those who are admitted under a work permit, or unless the employment of such alien is authorized by the attorney general of the United States. An employer shall not be deemed to have violated this section if he has made a bona fide inquiry whether a person hereafter employed or referred by him is a citizen or an alien, and if an alien, whether he is lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or admitted under a work permit, or is authorized by the attorney general of the United States to accept employment.  The commissioner shall promulgate regulations specifying the procedure to be followed by each employer to insure compliance with the provisions of this section.  Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred nor less than two hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 20 - Coercion of Agreement Not to Join a Labor Organization

Section 20. No person shall, himself or by his agent, coerce or compel a person into a written or oral agreement not to join or become a member of a labor organization as a condition of his securing employment or continuing in the employment of such person.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 20a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 20a - Relief Afforded by Contract Relative to Membership in a Labor or Employer Organization

Section 20A. No contract, whether written or oral, between any employee or prospective employee and his employer, prospective employer or any other person, whereby either party thereto undertakes or promises not to join or not to remain a member of some specified labor organization or any labor organization, or of some specified employer organization or any employer organization, and/or to withdraw from an employment relation in the event that he joins or remains a member of some specified labor organization or any labor organization, or of some specified employer organization or any employer organization or organizations, shall afford any basis for the granting of legal or equitable relief by any court against a party to such undertaking or promise.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 20b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 20b - Liability for Unlawful Acts of Officers, Members or Agents of an Organization

Section 20B. No officer or member of any association or organization, and no association or organization, participating or interested in a labor dispute, as defined in section twenty C, shall be held responsible or liable in any court for the unlawful acts of individual officers, members or agents, except upon clear proof of actual participation in, or actual authorization of, such acts, or of ratification of such acts after actual knowledge thereof.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 20d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 20d - Solicitation, Acceptance or Payment of Money to Encourage or Discourage Formation or Functioning of a Labor Organization

Section 20D. No employer and no person retained or engaged by him as a labor relations expert, adviser or consultant or retained or engaged by such employer for the purpose of dealing or negotiating with any of his employees or with any labor organization representing or seeking to represent or organize such employees shall, himself or by his agent, pay or deliver or agree to pay or deliver, directly or indirectly, to any employee or to any group or committee of employees, nor shall any employee or labor union official solicit or accept from any employer or any person so retained or engaged by him, or his agent, any money or other thing of value for the purpose of encouraging or discouraging, or in any way interfering with, any employee or employees in exercising their rights to organize or to select a representative, or for the purpose of preventing the continued existence, operation or functioning of a labor organization; provided, however, that this section shall not apply to the payment of wages by such employer to an employee who is a union representative, to any payment for the purchase of goods at the prevailing market price from a union representative, to the payment of any debt, to the transfer of union dues properly withheld from the salaries or wages of employees, to payments to employees' trust or welfare funds, or to payments of salaries or fees to an employee, representative or agent for the performance of any lawful activity with respect to the expression of views or opinions in connection with pending employee elections or labor disputes or other matters involving relations between such employer and his employees. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year, or both.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 21 - False Notices or Advertisement for Help or Employment

Section 21. Whoever knowingly causes to be printed or published a false or fraudulent notice or advertisement for help or for obtaining work or employment, or whoever, in an advertisement for help, if the person to be employed is required to purchase a particular article of value as a condition of his employment, fails to state that the offer of employment is contingent upon the purchase of such article and the purchase price of such article, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months, or both.
MA Gen L ch 149 § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXI - Labor and Industries|Chapter 149 - Labor and Industries|Section 22 - Advertising for or Soliciting Employees During Labor Troubles; Notice to Employment Agency; Employment of Children

Section 22. If an employer, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or other labor trouble among his employees, publicly advertises in newspapers or by posters or otherwise for employees, or by himself or his agents solicits persons to work for him to fill the places of strikers, he shall plainly in type as prominent as the largest printed matter in the advertisement or poster and explicitly mention in such advertisements or oral or written solicitations that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists among his employees. Any such employer wishing to hire employees through an employment agency shall first notify such agency by registered mail of the fact that a strike, lockout or other labor trouble exists. No employer shall, during the continuance of a strike, lockout or labor dispute, hire a child without the written consent of his parent or legal guardian.