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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    Sections 159 to 169. Regulate sanitary inspection of food handling, processing, canning and packing establishments; require that such establishments “be con- structed, maintained and operated with strict regard for the health of the em- ployees, and the purity and wholesomeness of the food therein produced”; prescribe requirements for cleanliness of premises, equipment and employees, and provision of adequate ventilation, lighting, and sanitation facilities; and prohibit persons affected with contagious or infectious diseases from working in such places. | Sections 181 to 191. Regulate certification of bakeries and authorize the Com- mission to make regulations for the sanitary conditions. Industrial Health See under functions and authority of State Department of: Health. Rules and Regulations Adopted by the State Health Commission. 1. Regulation Pertaining to Recirculation of Air in Granite Sheds.. Adopted May 1948. The regulation requires that the “air outlet from every exhaust system or separator used for the removal of granite dust from a place of employment shall be so arranged that the discharge therefrom will not re-enter that place of em- ployment or enter any window, door, or other opening of surrounding establishments.” 2. Regulations for the Use of Fluoroscopic Shoe Fitting Devices. Ap- proved 1953. 3 Regulations set forth requirements for permissible beam intensities, protection for floor opening, control of primary X-ray beams and stray radiation, the placement of warning and instruction signs, and electrical safeguarding. Reporting of Occupational. Diseases None. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS Authority and Functions? Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, Section 8051. Duties as to employment and payment of wages. “The commissioner or his agent shall make exami- nations and investigations to see that the laws pertaining to the employment of minors and women . . . are being complied with and for such purposes may enter any place where persons are employed.” | Section 8052. Report of violations; prosecutions. “Whenever the com- missioner finds a violation of the provisions of chapter 355 [Sec. 8127-8201, relating to inspection of factories, steam engines and boilers], of the provisions of law relating to the employment of minors and women, relating to the weekly payment of wages, relating to the health, lives and limbs of operators of factories, workshops, railroads and other places, or relating to the protection of the working classes, he shall submit evidence thereof to the proper prosecuting officer who shall prosecute the offender.” Section 8188, as amended by 1953 New Laws, Senate Bill No. 44. Inspection report. “The commissioner of industrial relations, or his agent, may enter a