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§ 1910. State Workmen's Insurance Fund

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 3 P.S. Agriculture

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 3 P.S. Agriculture (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 24. Farm Safety and Occupational Health Act (Refs & Annos)
3 P.S. § 1910
§ 1910. State Workmen's Insurance Fund
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(a) Farm safety committees.--The Department of Labor and Industry shall provide for the development of eligibility criteria to certify a group of farmers or individual farmers who are insured on a group or individual basis by SWIF and who voluntarily establish a farm safety committee for the purpose of eliminating or reducing the accidents and occupational hazards associated with farming on such farms. To the maximum extent feasible, the Department of Labor and Industry shall utilize the eligibility criteria and procedures adopted for the certification of workplace safety committees pursuant to section 1002 of the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L. 736, No. 338),1 known as the Workers' Compensation Act. Farmers who have established a farm safety committee on an individual or group basis shall be deemed eligible for a one-time 5% reduction in workers' compensation premiums in accordance with section 1002 of the Workers' Compensation Act.
(b) Additional duties.--Subject to any approval by the Insurance Commissioner required by any other provision of law, the SWIF shall:
(1) Provide actuarially sound reductions in workers' compensation premiums for farmers who have accomplished at least one of the following:
(i) Voluntarily adopted specified farm safety practices.
(ii) Received designated safety ratings from farm safety audits.
(iii) Installed specified safety devices on agricultural equipment, machinery, structures or facilities.
(2) Provide or contribute toward the cost of safety devices for installation on agricultural equipment, machinery, structures or facilities, if likely to be cost effective in reducing the risk of farm accidents or occupational injuries or diseases.

Credits

1994, Dec. 12, P.L. 944, No. 134, § 10, effective in 60 days.

Footnotes

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77 P.S. § 1038.2.
3 P.S. § 1910, PA ST 3 P.S. § 1910
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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