Industrial and personal hygiene / by George M. Kober. A report of the committee on social betterment.

  • Kober, George M. (George Martin), 1850-1931
Date:
1908
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Credit: Industrial and personal hygiene / by George M. Kober. A report of the committee on social betterment. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Part I—Duties of occupiers. 1 After Tanuarv ist 1006. the following parts of every self-acting mule shall be'sec^rd/Safk^'^'reasonably pfacticable unless :t be shown t^^t by their position or construction they are equally safe to every person em ployed as they would be if securely fenced. (o) Back shaft scrolls and carrier pulleys and draw band pulleys. lb) Front and back carriage wheels. (c) Faller-stops. fc'^oThe^adsJocks including rim pulleys and taikng-in scrolls. [f] |.^\ld ?igh\?n^^^^^^^ plate wheels, connected with a self-acting mule erected after January ist, 1906. Part II.—Duties of persons employed. 4 It shall be the duty of the minder of every self-acting mule to take all TaTTtt'no%lSldXn; any part or under any part thereof whilst the mule is in motion bv the aid of mechanical power. ^. c j „„a S) That no woman, young person or child works between the fi-^d jn^ traversing parts thereof whilst the mule is m motion by the aid of mechanical ^TcT'That no person is in the space between the fixed and traversing parts thereof unless the mule is stopped on the outward run. c; No self-acting mule shall be started or restarted except by the minder or at his express ordfrs, nor until he has ascertained that no person is in the space between the fixed and traversing parts thereof. ^ akers-Douglas, One of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. Home Office, Whitehall, 17th October, 1905. Loading Goods on Docks and Wharves. Whereas the processes of loading, unloading, moving and handling goods in on or at any dock, wharf, or quay, and the processes of loading, unloading, and coaHng any ship iA any dock, harbor, or canal have been certified in pursuance of secfion 79 of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, to be dangerous: I hereby in pursuance of the powers conferred on me by that act make the following regulations for the protection of persons employed in the processes or in any of them, and direct that they shall apply to all docks, wharves, quays, 'Thfe'''regufadon?'s1;all come into force on the ist of January, 1905, except that so much of Regulations 6 and 8 as require structural alterations shall come into force on the ist of January, 1908. 1 4.^ Nothing in Parts II to VI, inclusive, of these regulations shall apply to the unloading of fish from a vessel employed in the catching of hsh. The secretary of state may by order m writing exempt from all or any of the regulations and for such time and subject to such conditions as he may prescribe any docks, wharves, or quays in respect of which application for such exeniption shall have been made to him by the department of agriculture and technical instruction for Ireland or by the congested districts board for Ireland. Definitions. In these regulations: . Processes means the processes above mentioned; or any ot them. Person employed means a person employed in the above processes or any of *^Shallow canal includes any of the following parts of a canal, canalized river, montidal river, or inland navigation: . u (a) Any part having no means of access to tidal waters except through a lock not exceeding ninety feet in length;
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