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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    3. Food Sanitation. Regulations covering dairies, bakeries, slaughterhouses and bottling plants contain requirements for cleanliness of premises and employees, and for toilet and washing facilities, and prohibit persons with communicable diseases from working therein. Reporting of Occupational Diseases Regulation adopted in 1942 requires physicians to report occupational diseases to city or county boards of health. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Authority and Functions Kentucky Revised Statutes 1948, Section 336.040. Functions and duties of the department. “(1) The department shall exercise all administrative func- tions of the state concerned with employer-employee relationships, including: (a) Safety of workers; (b) The Workmen’s Compensation Board. . . “(2) The department shall . . . (ec) Improve working and living conditions of employees and advance their opportunities for profitable employment; and (f) Inquire into the causes of accidental injuries and occupational diseases arising out of and in the course of employment, and advance measures for the prevention of such accidents and occupational diseases and for the improvement of sanitary conditions in places of employment.” Section 336.070. Investigation of working conditions. “The department shall make investigations, collect and compile statistics and report on the condi- tions of industries, labor and unemployment, and upon all matters relating to employer-employe relations and working conditions. . . .” Section 336.080. Inspection of places of employment. “. .. In the dis- charge of his duties, the commissioner or his authorized deputy, may enter places of employment at any reasonable time. . . .” Section 336.090. Inspectors to report violations of health and fire laws and rulings. “(1) The department shall be furnished with a copy of all the laws and rulings of the State Board of Health affecting sanitary conditions in places of employment, not covered by the labor laws of the state, and shall report in writing to the state, county or city health authorities any violations coming under the observation of its inspectors while visiting places of employment in the regular performance of their duty. . . .” Section 338.040. Board to fix and enforce standards of safety. “After reasonable notice and opportunity to be heard the board [Industrial Safety Board] may . . . by general order, rule or regulation: “(1) Fix reasonable standards and prescribe and modify by appropriate action the adoption, installation, use, maintenance and operation of reasonably adequate safety devices, safeguards and other methods of protection reasonably necessary for the protection of the life and safety of employes in places of employment, and (2) Fix and order reasonable standards for the repair and maintenance of places of employment necessary to make them safe.” Section 338.050. Determination and removal of unsafe working condi- tions. Empowers the Commissioner to investigate upon complaint that any place of employment, equipment or practice is unsafe. Orders to insure safety are enforced through injunction.
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