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The General Duty Clause in the Occupational Safety and Health

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The general duty clause in the Occupational Safety and Health Act:


A) applies in addition to specific OSHA standards, and requires an employer maintain a workplace free of recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical injury to an employee.
B) applies in the absence of any specific OSHA standard and requires an employer maintain a workplace free of recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical injury to an employee.
C) applies only to industrial workplaces.
D) eliminates the availability of the fellow servant rule and the contributory negligence defenses in cases where the employer had a statutory duty.

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