Federal Mine Health and Safety Inspection Amendments of 1949: Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3023, a Bill Amending Public Law 49, Seventy-seventh Congress, Providing for the Welfare of Coal Miners and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1949 - 536 páginas Considers (81) H.R. 3023. |
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... hazards are increased . In fact , hazards all down the line are increased because of the speed - up and the speed with which the coal is extracted , the speed with which it has to be transported . In other words , 22 FEDERAL MINE HEALTH ...
... hazards are increased . In fact , hazards all down the line are increased because of the speed - up and the speed with which the coal is extracted , the speed with which it has to be transported . In other words , 22 FEDERAL MINE HEALTH ...
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... hazards in the coal mines . First , I should like to say that statement is absolutely incorrect . Mr. BAILEY . Just ... hazardous process of mining than those in use heretofore , then I should say the increasing record of safety in the ...
... hazards in the coal mines . First , I should like to say that statement is absolutely incorrect . Mr. BAILEY . Just ... hazardous process of mining than those in use heretofore , then I should say the increasing record of safety in the ...
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... hazard . Mr. BAILEY . Do they always comply with the findings of the Fed- eral inspectors ? Mr. HALEY . No , sir ... hazards ? Mr. HALEY . I do not know , but I believe witnesses who will follow me will be from the States , or there ...
... hazard . Mr. BAILEY . Do they always comply with the findings of the Fed- eral inspectors ? Mr. HALEY . No , sir ... hazards ? Mr. HALEY . I do not know , but I believe witnesses who will follow me will be from the States , or there ...
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... hazards to themselves or endanger fellow em- ployees or others . They must be capable of sustained physical exer- tion for periods of 6 to 8 hours per day under hazardous conditions such as walking over rock falls , steep pitches ...
... hazards to themselves or endanger fellow em- ployees or others . They must be capable of sustained physical exer- tion for periods of 6 to 8 hours per day under hazardous conditions such as walking over rock falls , steep pitches ...
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... hazards , protruding nails , and broken glass . ARTICLE II - MISCELLANEOUS SURFACE CONDITIONS SECTION 1. Surface fire prevention . - a . Oil , grease , and similar flammable materials shall be stored in closed containers , separate from ...
... hazards , protruding nails , and broken glass . ARTICLE II - MISCELLANEOUS SURFACE CONDITIONS SECTION 1. Surface fire prevention . - a . Oil , grease , and similar flammable materials shall be stored in closed containers , separate from ...
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Página 435 - The Government then of the United States can claim no powers which are not granted to it by the Constitution; and the powers actually granted must be such as are expressly given, or given by necessary implication.
Página 435 - The power of Congress over interstate commerce is not confined to the regulation of commerce among the states. It extends to those activities intrastate which so affect interstate commerce or the exercise of the power of Congress over it as to make regulation of them appropriate means to the attainment of a legitimate end, the exercise of the granted power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
Página 437 - But apart from the common law as to restraint of trade thus taken up by the statute the law is full of instances where a man's fate depends on his estimating rightly, that is, as the jury subsequently estimates it, some matter of degree. If his judgment is wrong, not only may he incur a fine or a short imprisonment, as here; he may incur the penalty of death.
Página 47 - It leaves open, therefore, the widest conceivable inquiry, the scope of which no one can foresee and the result of which no one can foreshadow or adequately guard against.
Página 4 - ... the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the United States Bureau of Mines, or to any duly authorized representative of such Bureau, upon request, complete and correct information to the best of his knowledge concerning any or all accidents involving bodily injury or loss of life which occurred in such mine during the calendar year in which the request is made or during the preceding calendar year.
Página 8 - Every owner, lessee, agent, manager, superintendent, or other person having control or supervision of any coal mine the products of which regularly enter commerce or the operations of which substantially affect commerce...
Página 326 - In bituminous-coal and lignite mines the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut in any pair or set of entries shall not be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute, except that the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut in any pair or set of entries in pillar sections may be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute if not less than six thousand cubic feet of air a...
Página 4 - For the purpose of obtaining information relating to health and safety conditions in such mines, the causes of accidents involving bodily injury or loss of life in such mines, or the causes of occupational diseases originating in such mines...
Página 5 - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for the due execution of this Act. SEC. 11. For the purposes of this Act, the term "commerce...
Página 88 - Cages used for handling men shall be equipped with safety catches that act quickly and effectively in an emergency. (d) Cages shall be inspected daily. A test of safety catches on cages shall be made at least every 2 months. A written record shall be kept of inspections and tests which shall be open for inspection by interested persons.