Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-01-21
An Act.

construction, repairing, alteration, or
other work, upon buildings, bridges,
viaducts and other structures, or en-
gagged in any work upon or about
electrical wires, or conductors or
poles or supports, or other electrical
appliances or contrivances carrying a
dangerous current of electricity; or
about any machinery or in any dan
gerous occupation, and extending
and defining the liability of en-
ployers in any or all acts of negli-
gence, or for injury or death of their
employees, and defining whJ are the
agents of the employer, and declar-
ing what shall not be a defence In
actions by employees against employ
ers.
Be Il enacted by the people of the
state of Oregon
Sec. 1. All owners. contractors,
sub-contractors, corporations. or
persons whatsoever, engaged in the
construction, repairing, alteration,
removal or painting of any house,
building, bridge, viaduct, or other
structure, or in the erection or OPP
GRAFTON of any machinery, or in the
manufacture, transmission and use
of electricity, or I'm the manufacture
or use of any dangerous appliance or
substance, shall see that all metal,
wood, rope glass, rubber, gutta
percha, or other material whatever,
shall be carefully selected aud In
spected and tested so as to detect
any defects, and all scaffolding,
staging, false work or other tenn
porary structure shall be constructed
to bear four times the maximum
weight TO be sustained by said struc-
ture and such structure shall not at
any time be overloaded or over
crowded; and that all scaffolding,
staging or other structure more than
20 feet from the ground or floor
shall shall be secured from swaying
and provided with strong and efiic-
lent safety rail or other contrivance,
so as 10 prevent any person from
falling therefrom, and all dangerous
machinery shall be securely covered
and protected to the fullest extent
that the proper operation of the ma
chinery permits, and all shafts, wells,
floor openings and similar places OF
danger shall be enclosed, and all
machinery other than that operated
by hand power shall, whenever nee
essary for the safety OF persons en-
ployed In or about the same or for
the safety OF the general public. be
provided with system OF communi-
cation by means OF signals, so that
at all times there may be prompt and
efficient communication between the
employees or other persons and the
operator OF the motive power, and In
the transmission and use OF electri-
city OF a dangerous voltage full and
complete insulation shall be pro-
yided az all points where the public
or the employees OF the owner, con
tractor or sub-contractor transmit
ting or using said electricity are H.
able 10 come I'm contact with the
wire. and dead wires shall not be
mingled with live wires. nor strung
upon the same support, and the arms
OF supports bearing live wires shall
be specially designated by color or
other designation which is instantly
appeared and live electrical wires
carrying a dangerous voltage shah
be strung az such distance from the
poles or supports as 10 permit re-
pair-men 10 freely engage In their
work without danger OF shock; and
generally all owners, contractors or
subCOntractors and other persons hay
ing charge Of or responsible for
any work involving a risk OF danger
TO the employees or the public. shall
use every device, care and precau-
tion which IL is practicable TO use for
the protection and safety OF life and
limb, only by the necessity for pre-
serving the emcinecy OF the struc-
ture, machine or other apparatus or
device, and without regard TO the ad-
ditional cost OF suitable material or
safety appliance and devices
Sec. ?. II shall be the duty Of
owners contractors sub-contractore
foremen, architects or other persons
having charge OF the particular work
TO see that the requirements OF this
act are complied with, and for any
failure in this respect the person or
persons delinquent shall. upon con
viction OF violating any OF the pro-
visions OF this act, be fined not less
than 500, nor more than $1,000. or