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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... percent . For the next year , June 1 , 1946 , to March 24 , 1947 , it continued at the low rate of 25 percent . It took the Centralia disaster to make the rate jump to 45 percent from March 25 , 1947 , to June 30 , 1947. But even with ...
... percent . For the next year , June 1 , 1946 , to March 24 , 1947 , it continued at the low rate of 25 percent . It took the Centralia disaster to make the rate jump to 45 percent from March 25 , 1947 , to June 30 , 1947. But even with ...
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... percent of all accidents could be prevented if knowledge which we now posses was put into practice . In fatal injuries , three causes are responsible for approximately 80 percent of such accidents . First , mine explosions ; second ...
... percent of all accidents could be prevented if knowledge which we now posses was put into practice . In fatal injuries , three causes are responsible for approximately 80 percent of such accidents . First , mine explosions ; second ...
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... percent . On the other hand , a total of 405 mines , employing less than 25 men , complied with only 25 percent of the recommenda- tions . Comparative figures of other mines based on employment 12 FEDERAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION.
... percent . On the other hand , a total of 405 mines , employing less than 25 men , complied with only 25 percent of the recommenda- tions . Comparative figures of other mines based on employment 12 FEDERAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY INSPECTION.
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... percent for 710 mines with 25 to 99 men ; 38 percent compliance for 551 mines with 100 to 299 men ; and 39 percent compliance for 160 mines with 300 to 499 men . Further in this report , the Federal Bureau of Mines sets out that ...
... percent for 710 mines with 25 to 99 men ; 38 percent compliance for 551 mines with 100 to 299 men ; and 39 percent compliance for 160 mines with 300 to 499 men . Further in this report , the Federal Bureau of Mines sets out that ...
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... Percent Thousand tons Percent employees per mine 1 Over 500,000 tons annually . 303 3.5 261,774 41.5 574 200,000 to 500,000 tons annually . 498 5.7 155 , 305 24.6 207 100,000 to 200,000 tons annually . 50,000 to 100,000 tons annually ...
... Percent Thousand tons Percent employees per mine 1 Over 500,000 tons annually . 303 3.5 261,774 41.5 574 200,000 to 500,000 tons annually . 498 5.7 155 , 305 24.6 207 100,000 to 200,000 tons annually . 50,000 to 100,000 tons annually ...
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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.