PD 626 Article 198

Safety devices.

Article 198

ART. 198. Safety devices. — In case the employee's injury or death was due to the failure of the employer to comply with any law, or to install and maintain safety devices, or take other precautions for the prevention of injury, said employer shall pay to the State Insurance Fund a penalty of twenty five percent of the lump sum equivalent of the income benefit payable by the System to the employee. All employees, especially those who should have been paying a rate of contribution higher than that required of them under this Title, are enjoined to undertake and strengthen measures for the occupational health and safety of their employees.

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