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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    Industrial Health Service ae Section 63-701. Title. “This Act [Sections 63-701 to 63-703] shall be cited as the Industrial Health Service Act of 1945.” Section 63-702. Service of industrial hygiene created. “The State Board of Health is hereby authorized and empowered to create and maintain a service of Industrial Hygiene as the State Health Officer may deem necessary.” Section 63-703. Investigations—Annual report required. “The Indus- trial Hygiene Service shall investigate places of employment and study those conditions which might be responsible for ill health of the industrial workers and submit a yearly report to State Treasurer.” Food Sanitation Section 46-322. Inspection—Prosecution. “The State Director of Public Health and his assistants shall have full power at all reasonable times to enter and to inspect every building, room .. . occupied or used for the production for sale, manufacture for. sale, storage .. . of food and all utensils, fixtures, — furniture and machinery used. ...” It is the duty of prosecuting attorneys to- prosecute violations when called upon by the State Director of Public Health.. General Provisions Relating to Occupational Health Statutory Provisions Food Sanitation Section 46-301. Sanitary conditions of buildings—“Food” defined. Re- quires that all food processing and handling plants and buildings “shall be properly lighted, plumbed and ventilated and conducted with strict regard to- the influence of such condition upon the health of the operatives, employees, clerks, or other persons therein employed.” Section 46-305. ‘Tozlet rooms. Sets forth requirements for toilet and wash- ing facilities in food processing and handling establishments. Rules and Regulations Adopted by State Board of Health. Regulations for the Use of Fluoroscopic Shoe Fitting Devices. Regulations set forth requirements for minimum intensities of beams, pro- tection of floor opening, control of primary X-ray beams and stray X-ray beams, and the posting of warning and instruction signs. Reporting of Occupational Diseases None. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND STATISTICS Authority and Functions? Wyoming Compiled Statutes 1945 Annotated, Section 54-304. Duties of Commissioner. “It shall be the duty of the commissioner of labor and statistics. to enforce all laws enacted by the legislature of Wyoming, relating to labor, hours. of labor, and to the health, welfare, life and limb of the workers of this state . . . to make such inspections as may be by him deemed necessary of the industrial. establishments and buildings hereinafter provided for; to make an inspection: