§ 443. Equipment for work in compressed air
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 43 P.S. Labor
43 P.S. § 443
§ 443. Equipment for work in compressed air
Every employer carrying on any work in the prosecution of which persons are employed in compressed air shall:
(2) Provide and attach gages to each caisson, for showing the air pressure to which the persons so employed therein are subjected, and employ a competent person, who may be the lock-tender, to take charge of such gages and of the instruments required under subdivision three of this section. The person so employed shall not be permitted to work more than eight hours in any twenty-four hours.
(8) Provide, for the use of all persons so employed, dressing-rooms, which shall be kept open and accessible during working-hours and during the intervals between working-periods, and also a separate room for drying clothes. The dressing-rooms shall contain benches and individual lockers, shower-baths, with hot and cold water, and sanitary water-closets, and shall be kept properly heated, lighted, and ventilated.
(9) If the maximum air pressure in such work exceeds seventeen pounds, provide and maintain at least one double compartment hospital-lock; such lock shall be at least six feet high inside measurement, and be suitably floored; it shall be equipped with inside and outside air-gages and timepieces, and a telephone with proper connections, and shall contain benches and proper surgical and medical equipment; it shall be properly heated, lighted, and ventilated.
Credits
1917, July 19, P.L. 1088, § 3.
43 P.S. § 443, PA ST 43 P.S. § 443
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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