{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-178","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 40, § 40-178","heading":"Damages for injury","body":"An employer shall be responsible in damages for personal injury\n\ncaused to an employee, who, was himself in the exercise of due care\n\nand diligence at the time he was injured, by reason of any defect in\n\nthe condition of the machinery or appliances connected with or used\n\nin the business of the employer which arose, or had not been\n\ndiscovered or remedied owing to the negligence of the employer, or\n\nof any person entrusted by him with the duty of inspection, repair,\n\nor of seeing that the machinery or appliances were in proper\n\ncondition.","path":["OK Code","Title 40"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os40.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"dab0e899f0d93a446d2aed50055cf9dd28b9bb02d0eb5f2ae348979ace6c9ca2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-177","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-40-40-179"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}