Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Select Committee on Small BusinessU.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 - Legislative hearings |
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The inspection of this job was a routine inspection and not one resulting from an accident nor from an employee complaint . The alleged violations recited above covered operations of all contractors performing work on the job at the ...
The inspection of this job was a routine inspection and not one resulting from an accident nor from an employee complaint . The alleged violations recited above covered operations of all contractors performing work on the job at the ...
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He goes into figures on accident prevention . He goes into the meetings that were held in this community : Last evening the State Occupational and Health Administration people held a meeting here in Newcastle to acquaint the local ...
He goes into figures on accident prevention . He goes into the meetings that were held in this community : Last evening the State Occupational and Health Administration people held a meeting here in Newcastle to acquaint the local ...
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In seven and one - half years in business here we have had one lost - time accident . The employee hurt his finger and eventually lost a finger nail . I heard nothing today which indicated this accident might have been prevented by this ...
In seven and one - half years in business here we have had one lost - time accident . The employee hurt his finger and eventually lost a finger nail . I heard nothing today which indicated this accident might have been prevented by this ...
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88 % of all industrial accidents are due to carelessness of the worker . Nothing that an employer could do or not do would have ... This law automatically assumes that any and every accident is due to the negligence of the employer .
88 % of all industrial accidents are due to carelessness of the worker . Nothing that an employer could do or not do would have ... This law automatically assumes that any and every accident is due to the negligence of the employer .
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Consider the letter we received early this year from an irate businessman who has been operating an " accident free business ” in a small community of 600 for many years when he found out his business operation did not satisfy OSHA ...
Consider the letter we received early this year from an irate businessman who has been operating an " accident free business ” in a small community of 600 for many years when he found out his business operation did not satisfy OSHA ...
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Page 358 - Each employer — (1) shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees ; (2) shall comply with occupational safety and health standards promulgated under this Act.
Page 522 - Establishment: A single physical location where business is conducted or where services or Industrial operations are performed. (For example: A factory, mill, store, hotel, restaurant, movie theater, farm, ranch, bank, sales office, warehouse, or central administrative office.) Where distinctly separate activities are performed at a single physical location (such as contract construction activities operated from the same physical location as a lumber yard), each activity shall be treated as a separate...
Page 103 - ... to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources...
Page 89 - Administration may determine to be necessary or appropriate to assist any small business concern in effecting additions to or alterations in the equipment, facilities, or methods of operation of such business in order to comply with the applicable standards promulgated pursuant to section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970...
Page 585 - No person shall discharge or in any manner discriminate against any employee because such employee has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act or has testified or is about to testify in any such proceeding or because of the exercise by such employee on behalf of himself or others of any right afforded by this Act.
Page 356 - For purposes of this section, a serious violation shall be deemed to exist in a place of employment if there is a substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a condition which exists, or from one or more practices, means, methods, operations, or processes which have been adopted or are in use, in such place of employment unless the employer did not, and could not with the exercise of reasonable diligence, know of the presence of the violation.
Page 527 - Effects of Toxic Materials) Examples: Poisoning by lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, or other metals, poisoning by carbon monoxide, hydrogen sulfide or other gases; poisoning by benzol, carbon tetrachloride, or other organic solvents; poisoning by insecticide sprays such as parathion, lead arsenate; poisoning by other chemicals such as formaldehyde, plastics and resins; etc.
Page A-41 - commerce" means trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, transmission, or communication among the several States; or between a State and any place outside thereof; or within the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States; or between points in the same State but through a point outside thereof. (h) The term "industry affecting commerce...
Page 478 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee : First of all I want to thank the Chairman and all the members of the Committee...
Page 284 - ... whether any substance normally found in the place of employment has potentially toxic effects in such concentrations as used or found; and shall submit such determination both to employers and affected employees as soon as possible.
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| Title | Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Select Committee on Small Business |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Small Business |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2007 |
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