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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 40. Labor Page 260 agent shall refuse or fail to comply with the provisions of said section shall constitute a separate and distinct violation thereof. R.L.1910, § 3778.

§40-181. Repairing of steam boilers unlawful, when. It shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D3 felony offense for any railroad, company or any other person, firm, or corporation, using steam boilers, to command, order or permit by themselves or their agents, any of their employees to enter any steam boiler, firebox or smoke chamber thereto, for the purpose of repairing or cleaning the same or for any other purpose when the same is under steam pressure. R.L.1910, § 3779. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 486, § 714, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

§40-182. Violation of Section 181 a felony. Any officer, superintendent, foreman, boss, or other person in authority, who, on behalf of any railroad, corporation, or any other person, firm or corporation, using steam boilers, violating any of the provisions of Section 181 of this title, shall be deemed guilty of a Class D3 felony offense, and shall upon conviction, be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. R.L. 1910, § 3780. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 455, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 332, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 715, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 455 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

§40-183. Employer guilty of manslaughter, when - Penalty. Should any employee enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, while the same is under pressure of steam, at the command or order of his employer, or the agent of such employer, and while inside of such boiler, firebox or smoke chamber, meet with an accident resulting in his death, the person or persons commanding or ordering him to enter such boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, shall be guilty of manslaughter in the second degree, a Class D1 felony offense punishable as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. R.L.1910, § 3781. Amended by Laws 2025, c. 486, § 503, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

§40-184. Damages. The fact that the employee, entering such steam boiler, firebox, or smoke chamber, had knowledge of the unsafe condition of such steam boiler and danger in so doing, and meeting with an accident, shall not deprive him of a right of action against such employer for