Occupational health and safety legislation : a compilation of State laws and regulations [by] Victoria M. Trasko.

  • United States. Occupational Health Program.
Date:
[1954]
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Credit: Occupational health and safety legislation : a compilation of State laws and regulations [by] Victoria M. Trasko. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Reporting of Occupational Diseases None. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Authority and Functions * Alaska Compiled Laws Annotated 1949, Section 43-1-1. Department of Labor created: Duty. “There is hereby created a Department of Labor whose duty it shall be to foster and promote the welfare of the wage earners of the Territory, to improve their working conditions and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.” Section 43-1-5 (as amended by Session Laws 1949, ), Chapter 34). Additional powers: Mediation: Statistical information. .. . “In addition to administer- ing and enforcing the provisions of this Act, the Coramiiseioner shall Mave we power: (1) to take appropriate steps to enforce all other Territorial labor laws . (3) to make investigations, collect and compile statistical information con- cerning the conditions of labor generally and upon all matters relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act . . . (5) and to issue all orders, rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.” General Provisions Relating to Occupational Health and Safety Statutory Provisions Section 42-2-21. Employer’s duty to provide safe employment: What included, “Every employer shall furnish employment which shall be reason- ably safe for the employment therein, and shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use methods and processes reasonably ade- quate to render such an employment or place of employment reasonably safe, and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety and welfare of such employees, provided that, as used in this Act, the term ‘safe’ or ‘safety’ as applied to any employment or a place of employment shall include conditions and methods of sanitation and hygiene reasonably necessary for the protection of life, health, and safety and welfare of employees or the public.” Rules and Regulations Not ascertained. Employment of Minors ? Session Laws 1949, Chapter 73. The purpose of the Act is to establish protec- tive standards for child labor to the end that their health, morals, education and future welfare will be protected. Minors under 18 are not permitted to be employed in any occupation dangerous to life or limb or injurious to the health or morals. The Act authorizes the Commissioner of Labor, after public notice and hearing, to promulgate rules, regulations and orders establishing minimum standards as to safety, working conditions, hours and wages, and to promulgate regulations as are necessary to provide opportunities for work experience in safe and healthful occupations for such minors. * Additional reference on page 7 (Board for Care of Sick and Disabled Fishermen). * Provisions relating to employment of women cover hours of labor primarily.