H 4448

HOUSE . . . . . . . . No. 4448
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, September 4, 2025.
    The committee on Labor and Workforce Development, to whom was
referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2075) of Tackey
Chan for legislation to require that certain construction industry employers
provide occupational safety and health administration training to
employees, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No.
4448) ought to pass.
  For the committee,
  PAUL MCMURTRY.
  FILED ON: 8/11/2025
 HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4448
  The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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  In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
  (2025-2026)
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An Act requiring OSHA training.
  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1Chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby
2 amended by inserting after section 100 the following new sections:-
3Section 101. Any employer in the construction industry that contracts with clients or
4 customers in residential, commercial, or public works projects, and whose business is subject to
5 oversight by the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration, shall have its
6 employees receive no less than 10 hours of Occupational Safety and Health Administration
7 training. Employers that contract independent contractors shall require the independent
8 contractor to provide evidence of completing at least 10 hours of a training course approved by
9 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
10Any employer who utilizes employees without the required training shall be fined $1,500
11 in the first instance, $2,500 in a second instance and $5,000 for each subsequent instance. Should
12 an employee or contractor die as a violation of this section or a death is found in violation the
13 United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration shall be fined $25,000; provided
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14 that no fines shall be issued until the investigation is completed as to the cause of death. The
15 board shall keep a list of violations of this section and violations publicly available from United
16 States Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the reason for a violation available
17 and ready for access by the public.
18The board shall promulgate rules and regulations on this section, including but not
19 limited to, providing a list of available training providers, providing when employees should be
20 trained again after the initial training and a way for consumers and employees to report
21 violations to the board.
22Section 102. The board shall promulgate guidelines by which cities and towns may issue
23 permits to employers in the construction industry that violates section 101 or the United States
24 Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and have been investigated and fines and
25 penalties issued against them. This law shall not restrict routine home maintenance performed by
26 homeowners. Projects that are completed for less than or equal to $25,000.00 remain exempt
27 from this law.
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