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 49.16.050. Safety standards to be promulgated. “For all work other than coal mining, the supervisor [of Safety] shall make, and may from time to time modify, and promulgate standards oi satety: “(1) To make safe the place of work of workmen, the same to be termed ‘safe place standards’; “(2) Of safety devices and safeguards to make safe machines, tools, apparatus, and appliances, the same to be termed ‘safety device standards’; “(3) Of educational systems for the education and training of employer and workman in the appreciation and avoidance of danger, and in the maintenance and use of safe place and safety device standards. “The supervisor shall make, and may from time to time modify, and promul- gate rules and regulations for the enforcement of the use of such standards of safety.” Section 49.16.120. Duty of department—Inspections. “The director, through the division of safety, shall enforce the safe place, safety device, and educational standards and orders, inspect the establishment or work of every employer engaged in extrahazardous work (other than coal mines) as often as it is deemed necessary, but not less than once every year for the purpose of ascertaining whether the safe place, safety device, and educational standards applicable thereto are being complied with, and investigate and analyze all serious accidents to workmen in order to provide a remedy to prevent a repetition of the same, not only in the establishment in which the accident occurred, but also in all other like establishments.” General Provisions Relating to Occupational Health and Safety Statutory Provisions Safety in Extra-Hazardous Employment Chapter 49.16 applies to establishments subject to the provisions of Workmen’s Compensation Law. Section 49.16.030. Workmen to be safeguarded—Duty of employer. “Every employer shall furnish a place of work which shall be as safe for workmen therein as may be reasonable and practicable under the circumstances, surround- ings, and conditions; furnish and use such safety devices and safeguards; adopt and use such practices, means, methods, operations, and processes as under the circumstances, surroundings, and conditions are reasonable and practical in order to render the work and place of work safe; and comply with such standards of safety of place of work and such safety devices and safeguards and such standards and systems of education for safety as shall be from time to time prescribed for him, by statute or by the supervisor.” Section 49.16.040. Duty of workmen—Penalty. “Every workman shall cooperate with his employer in all efforts for safety in respect to a safe place to work, safety devices, and safeguards, and for educational safety work, and comply with all standards of safety established for his work by statute, or by the super- visor, and he shall not remove, displace, damage, or destroy any safety device or safeguard so established; nor interfere in any way with the use thereof by any other workman; nor interfere with the use of any method or process adopted or prescribed for the protection of workmen in any place of employment.” Section 49.16.140. Penalty for violations of provisions of chapter 49.16 relating to safety in extra-hazardous employment. Safety and V entilation Chapter 49.20 concerns health and safety in factories, mills and workshops and has general application.