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a.
The sanitation and housekeeping at all places of employment shall
be such as to promote a healthful environment. No unsanitary condition
shall exist or be permitted to exist. All places of employment, passageways,
stairs, floors, walls, locker rooms, ceilings, toilet rooms, service
rooms and storerooms shall be kept clean and in a sanitary condition.
Every factory building and every place of employment and every part
thereof and the yard, court, cellar, passage, areaways or alleys connected
with the same shall be kept clean and free of any accumulation of
dirt, filth, garbage or other matter of any source of foulness or
odors. The owner, agent, lessee or occupant of any factory building
or place of employment or part thereof, shall thoroughly cleanse all
the rooms, passages, stairs, floors, windows, doors, sidewalks, ceilings
and drains thereof and shall well and sufficiently paint the sidewalk
and ceilings thereof.
b.
The floor of every workroom shall be maintained in a clean, orderly
and, so far as possible, dry condition. When wet processes are used,
suitable drainage shall be maintained and false floors, platforms,
mats or other dry standing places shall be provided.
c.
Every floor, working place and passageway shall be kept free of protruding
nails, splinters or holes and loose or defective boards and flooring.
d.
So far as practical, sweeping and cleaning shall be done outside
of working hours and in such manner as to avoid the contamination
of air with dust.
e.
Expectorating upon the walls, floors, workplaces or stairs or any
other part of any establishment shall not be permitted.
f.
Use of the common drinking cup is prohibited. When and where single
service cups are provided, such cups shall be of the disposable type,
to be used but once, and there shall be provided a suitable enclosed
container for unused cups and a receptacle for disposing of used cups.
Where sanitary drinking fountains are provided they shall meet the
following requirements: The jet of drinking fountains shall issue
from a nozzle of nonoxidizing, impervious material set at an angle
from the vertical such as to prevent the return of water in the jet
to the orifice from whence the jet issues. The nozzle and every other
opening in the water pipe or conductors leading to the nozzle should
be above the edge of the bowl, to prevent flooding in case of drain
clogging.
g.
In all places of employment where employees are permitted to lunch
on the premises, an adequate space suitable for that purpose shall
be provided for the maximum number of employees who may use such space
at any one time. A covered receptacle shall be provided and used for
disposing of all waste food and debris. In every establishment where
there is exposure to injurious dusts, industrial poison, toxic materials
or other substances that may be injurious to health, a separate lunchroom
shall be maintained unless it is convenient for the employees to lunch
away from the premises.
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There shall be provided in each and every place of employment,
a minimum temperature of 70° F. on the inside of each occupied
area during the usual working hours.
Natural or mechanical ventilation shall be provided in all places
of employment to insure a healthful and a comfortable environment
as regards temperature, humidity, heat radiation and air movement.
All closed office buildings which are mechanically ventilated shall
provide an adequate supply of natural fresh air from the outside so
that the carbon dioxide levels shall not exceed 600 ppm (parts per
million) in the work place.
These requirements shall not apply to places of employment or
portions thereof used and occupied for trades, business or occupations,
where due to the inherent nature of such occupation, trade or business,
abnormally high or low temperatures are essential.
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The quality and quantity of illumination in any place of employment
shall be adequate to permit the performance of all necessary work
in a safe manner and without injury to the eyes. The requirements
for lighting any workplace or place of employment shall not be less
than the minimum requirements specified by the American Standard Association
in its Code of Lighting Factories, Mills and other Workplaces-A-11-1930,
or the latest revision thereof.
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All working areas and places of employment shall be kept free
of overcrowding. To prevent such condition, there shall be provided
for each and every employee in work areas, occupied areas and in places
of employment, a minimum of 400 cubic feet of air space.
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Working in operations, processes or conditions of work which
unduly expose them to dampness and wet environments, excessive heat,
coldness, excessive noise, hazardous radiations, skin irritants or
other health hazards shall be provided with proper protective clothing
and other devices when such exposure may constitute an occupational
health hazard and may result in an occupational disease or affliction.
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The health officer shall make the inspections and examinations
required by any law of this State, or by any code, ordinance or regulation,
upon exhibiting his or her badge or credentials and all persons are
hereby forbidden to interfere with or obstruct such inspection, examination
or survey.
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Every employer shall comply with the various provisions of this
section pertaining to industrial health hazards and occupational health
and shall maintain a healthful place of employment.
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The penalty for a first violation of this chapter shall be a
fine of $100; for a second violation - $200; and for a third or subsequent
violation - $400.
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The provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable,
and if any section, subsection, clause or phrase hereof shall, for
any reason, be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining section, subsections,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this chapter, but they shall remain
in effect, it being the legislative intent that this chapter shall
stand notwithstanding the invalidity of any part.
