§ 15-64. Safety measures required of employers.

(a)

Every employer shall furnish and maintain employment and a place of employment which shall be reasonably safe and healthful for employees. Every employer shall install, maintain and use such methods, processes, devices and safeguards including methods of sanitation and hygiene as are reasonably necessary to protect the life, health and safety of such employees and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to render safe such employment and place of employment.

(b)

Every employer shall comply with the rules and safety regulations prescribed in this article, provided any employer or group of employers in the same or similar industry, trade or business shall, if and when exempted by the Texas Occupational Safety Board from the application of state safety regulations, be exempted from the application of the safety regulations prescribed in this article.

(Code 1959, § 10C-4; Ord. No. 39875, § 4, 8-26-71)