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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    poisoning, wood alcohol poisoning, naphtha poisoning, bisulphide of carbon poisoning, dinitrobenzine poisoning, caisson disease (compressed air aie any other disease or disability of the nature of the person’s employment... .” Nuisance Control Title 22, Section 75. Nuisances menacing health and their abatement. “The following things, conditions and acts, among others, are hereby declared to be public nuisances: per se, menacing public health and unlawful . . (7) The conducting of a business, trade, industry, or occupation, or the doing ie a thing, not inherently insanitary or a menace to public health in such a manner as to make it a menace or likely to become a menace to public health. (8) The conducting of a business . . . or occupation . . . without complying with safeguards for the protection of health as may from time to time be prescribed by the rules and regulations of the state board of health.” Section 76. Nutsance: by whom abated. Provides for abatement of nui- sance by county boards of health. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Authority and Functions Title -26, Section 3. Functions and duties of the department. “The general functions and duties of the department of industrial relations shall be as follows: (1) To administer all labor laws and all laws relating to the relationship between employer and employee, including laws relating to hours of work, child labor, female employees, working conditions and safety and health in places of employment . . . (4) To make or cause to be made all necessary inspections to determine whether or not the laws . . . and rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, are being complied with by employers and employees, and to take such action as may be necessary to enforce compliance ... . (5) To propose to the board of appeals, hereinafter provided for, such rules and regulations, or amend- ments thereto and repeals thereof, as may be deemed advisable for the prevention of accidents (including steam boiler explosions) or the prevention of sickness and diseases in employment and places of employment (including mines) and for the construction, repair and maintenance of places of employment . . . (6) To give instructions and information and to conduct educational programs for the purpose of promoting safety and health in employment and places of employment and to teach first aid . . . (10) To make investigations and studies and to collect, collate and compile statistical information and to make and publish reports, concerning the conditions of labor generally, including living conditions . . . safety devices, safety guards, means and methods of protecting against accidents, illness and diseases in employment, and concerning all matters relating to the enforcement and effect of the provisions of this chapter and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto and other labor laws and laws relating to the relationship between employer and employee . . .” Section 21. Right of entry. “The director of industrial relations or his authorized representative shall have the power and authority to enter any place of employment .. . or public building for the purpose of collecting facts and statistics relating to the employment of workers or for the purpose of making in- spections to determine whether or not the labor law and laws relating to the rela- tionship between employer and employee and the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter are being observed. No employer or
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