Dangerous Trades: The Historical, Social, and Legal Aspects of Industrial Occupations as Affecting Health, by a Number of Experts

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Sir Thomas Oliver
J. Murray, 1902 - 891 pages
 

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Page 857 - Act, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his power enforcing the said rules as regulations for the working of the mine, to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.
Page 828 - Where the Secretary of State certifies that in his opinion any machinery, or process or particular description of manual labour used in a factory or workshop (other than a domestic workshop), is dangerous or injurious to health, or dangerous to life or limb...
Page 208 - mill-gearing" comprehends every shaft, whether upright, oblique, or horizontal, and every wheel, drum, or pulley by which the motion of the first moving power is communicated to any machine appertaining to a manufacturing
Page 208 - All dangerous parts of the machinery, and every part of the mill gearing, must either be securely fenced or be in such position or of such construction as to be equally safe to every person employed or working in the factory as it would be if it were securely fenced...
Page 266 - Then carry the arms down to the sides and front of the chest, firmly compressing the chest walls, and expel the air from the lungs.
Page 500 - Order, when in admixture with any substance, or in any form or condition, is not possessed of explosive properties, the Secretary of State may, by Order exempt such acetylene from being deemed to be an explosive...
Page 861 - A health register in a form approved by the chief inspector of factories shall be kept, and shall contain a list of all persons employed in lead processes. The appointed surgeon will enter in the health register the dates and results of his examinations of the persons employed and particulars of any directions given by him.
Page 845 - ... to take a bath once a week at the factory. A bath register shall be kept, containing a list of all persons employed in lead processes, and an entry of the date when each person takes a bath. This...

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