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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    ment ...and commissioner of labor and factory inspection shall mean, respectively, labor department and labor commissioner.” Gen. Stat. 1949, Section 3746. Factory inspection. Deputy commissioner. Report. “There shall continue to be a department of factory inspection under the management of the commissioner of labor .... Said commissioner shall, by himself or a representative, as often as practicable, examine all buildings and places where machinery is used, and may enter such buildings and places at all proper times for the purposes of inspection. . . .” Section 3760. Enforcement. “The commissioner shall enforce the provi- sions of this chapter (Sections 3745 to 3775) by giving proper orders or notices to the persons or corporations owning, operating or managing the factories or buildings inspected by him and shall make complaint to the state’s attorneys of any violation of the provisions of this chapter.” Section 3777. Industrial investigation. Special agents. “The commis- sioner of labor is authorized to investigate the wages, hours of employment, neces- sary expense of living and health so far as affected by their employment, of wage-earning women and girls in . . . laundries . . . manufacturing establish- ments and tenement house work. Such investigation shall be conducted under the supervision of said commissioner by a woman specially trained for this work and selected by him .... The commissioner may employ special agents to assist him in his investigations. . . .” Section 3755. Order to remove excessive dust. See under statutory pro- visions relating to occupational health and safety, page 38. Section 7370. Commissioner of labor ... to search for violations. “The commissioner of labor . . . shall examine into the employment of minors and women and into the observance of the regulations contained in the preceding sections of this chapter, investigate all complaints of violations thereof and report all cases of such violation to the prosecuting officer having jurisdiction therea fit 2 7? General Provisions Relating to Occupational Health and Safety Statutory Provisions Section 3750. Stained glass windows. “Each person, firm or corporation using stained, painted or corrugated glass in factory windows, where the same is injurious to the eyes of the workmen therein, shall remove the same upon the order of the commissioner.” Section 3751. Lighting and sanitary condition of factories and round- houses. Requires factories and buildings where machinery is used tc be “well lighted, ventilated and kept as clean as the nature of the business will permit. The belting, shafting, gearing, machinery and drums .. . when so placed as . . to be dangerous to the persons employed there while engaged in their ordinary duties, shall, as far as practicable, be securely guarded. No machinery . shall be cleaned while running after notice forbidding the same... . The commissioner . . . shall examine the lighting and sanitary conditions of railroad roundhouses.” Section 3752. Tozslet rooms in foundries. Authorizes the Commissioner to require employers in foundries employing 10 or more men to provide suitable toilet rooms “to be directly connected with such foundry building, properly heated, ventilated and protected from the dust of such foundry.” Penalty for violation. Section 3753. Tozslets in manufacturing, mechanical and mercantile establishments and restaurants. Requires provision of “adequate toilet