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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    Section 5309. Requires provision of separate privies or water closets for female employees in any manufacturing or mercantile establishment. Penalty for violation. Section 5315.2. Prohibits employment of minors under 16 in any manufac- turing or mercantile establishment. Section 5315.4. Regulates hours per day and week, and hours between which minors under 16 and 18 may be employed, and requires meal period after 5 hours of continuous work. Section 5315.14. Prohibits employment of minors under 16 and under 18 in specific occupations and places of employment. Mines and Mining The mining laws are administered by the Chief and District Mine Inspectors. Sections 5539 to 5676. Contain laws relating to coal mines and mining. Among the subjects covered are qualifications and duties of Chief Mine Inspector and of District Mine Inspectors as to inspections and enforcement of mining laws; certification and duties of mine foremen and other mine employees; safety of workplaces and traveling ways; storage and use of explosives and blasting practices using Cardox and Airdos devices; ventilation and routine measure- ments of volume of air circulating through mines; examinations for gas and dan- gerous conditions; rock dusting; safeguards for mobile equipment; electrical installations; fire prevention; use of protective clothing and devices; use of illuminating oils; requirements for first-aid equipment and washrooms in mines employing 50 or more persons; and organization and equipment for mine rescue work. Penalty for violation. Public Acts of Tennessee, 1953, Chapter 86. Provides for the regulation and inspection of mines other than commercial coal mines, repealing all provi- sions in conflict with it. Subjects covered are similar in scope to those applying to coal mines. One of the provisions concerns a safety code providing minimum standards for the safety and health of employees as part of the State’s industrial accident and disease prevention program. Another provision requires that drilling in rock be done by wet methods or other approved means of dust control. Specific provisions are also included for first-aid equipment, mine rescue stations and rescue corps, and for wash buildings in mines employing 50 or more persons. Penalty for violation. Public Acts of Tennessee, 1953, Chapter 123. Provides for the regulation and inspection of strip or open pit mines and the safety, welfare and protection of employed persons. Among the subjects covered are specific provisions for safety on or about surface structures; prevention of slides; storage and use of explosives; blasting practices; electric installations; safe transportation by rail- road and trucks; safeguarding of machinery, equipment and workplaces; provi- sion of adequate illumination on night shifts; provision of protective clothing and respiratory devices; investigation of mine accidents; and provision of first-aid supplies. Penalty for violation. Workmen’s Compensation The Workmen’s Compensation Law is administered by the Division of Work- men’s Compensation. (William’s Tennessee Code Annotated, Sections 6851 to 6901) Cases are court administered. Occupational Disease Compensation Section 6852. Provides for schedule coverage, naming nine diseases. Em- ployers may elect to be liable for all occupational diseases.