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 657.2. What deemed nuisances. “The following are nuisances: “1. The erecting, continuing, or using any building or other place for the exercise of any trade, employment, or manufacture, which, by occasioning noxious exhalations, offensive smells, or other annoyances, becomes injurious and dan- gerous to the health, comfort, or property of individuals or to the public. ... “t1. The emission of dense smoke, noxious fumes, or fly ash in cities is a nuisance and cities may provide the necessary rules for inspection, regulation and COtrOl. fo...” q Municipal corporations have power to abate, restrict or prohibit any nuisance, public or private. Civil action may be brought to court to enjoin, abate and ‘recover damages. KANSAS souRcEs: General Statutes of Kansas Annotated 1949, as amended 1953 New Laws Rules and Regulations of State Agencies STATE BOARD OF HEALTH Authority and Functions } General Statutes of Kansas Annotated 1949, Section 65-101. Health super- vision, investigations, sanitary imspections, surveys and quarantine; regu- lations affecting carriers, penalty for violation. “The board of health shall have general supervision of the health of the citizens of the state, and endeavor to make intelligent and profitable use of the collected records of the causes of sick- ness and death among the people. They shall make sanitary investigations and inquiry concerning the causes of diseases . . . the causes of mortality and effects of locality, employments, conditions, food, water supply, habits and other circum- stances upon the health of the people. They shall advise officers of government, or other state boards, in regard to location, drainage, water supply, disposal of excreta, heating and ventilation of public buildings. They shall make sanitary inspection and survey of such places and localities as they deem advisable. . . .” Penalties are prescribed for violations of rules and regulations of the State Board of Health. Section 65-626. Conditions of places of sale of food and drugs; rules and regulations; penalty for violation. ‘That the state board of health is hereby authorized and directed to make and cause to be published . . . such sanitary rules and regulations as are necessary in food and drug inspection and to carry out the provisions of this act. . . .” Penalty for violation. General Provisions Relating to Occupational Health Statutory Provisions Food Sanitation Section 65-625. Conditions of places of sale of food and drugs. “That every place occupied or used for the preparation for sale, manufacture, packing, storage, sale or distribution of any food or drug shall be properly lighted, drained, plumbed, ventilated, screened and conducted with strict regard to the influence of such condition upon the health of operatives, employees, clerks or other persons
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