Order to correct conditions — Penalties for noncompliance

Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-110 — under Working Conditions Generally.

Ark. Code Ann. § 11-5-110

(a) Upon the failure or refusal of the owner, manager, superintendent, or other person in control or management of a place or establishment, to comply with an order issued pursuant to § 11-5-108 within the time therein specified, unless the order has been attacked and suspended or set aside as provided for in § 11-5-109, the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing or his or her deputy or inspectors shall have full authority and power to close the place or establishment, or any part of it that may be in an unsanitary or dangerous condition or contain immoral influences in violation of any requirement of this section or §§ 11-5-101 — 11-5-109 or order, until such time as the condition, practice, or method is corrected.

(b) Any person in control or management of any establishment included in § 11-5-109 who shall fail or refuse to comply with any written order issued to the person by the secretary or any of his or her deputies or inspectors, for the correction of any condition caused or permitted therein which endangers the health of the employees therein or which does not comply with the law governing those establishments, shall be punished as provided in § 11-5-111.