If an employer knows or has reason to know that an employment condition or practice in the employer's business seriously endangers the health or safety of the employer's employees, and if the condition or practice is not in compliance with any standard promulgated pursuant to this chapter, a penalty of up to seven thousand dollars ($7,000) shall be assessed for each violation.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-3-403
Knowledge of conditions endangering health or safety — Penalty
Known as the Occupational Safety and Health Act
The act spans §§ 50-3-1001 to 50-3-920 (95 sections).
Acts 1972, ch. 561, § 11; 1977, ch. 111, § 20; T.C.A., § 50-532; Acts 1991, ch. 170, § 1.
Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.