Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-08-09
BOILERS MUST Be
UNDER SLATER
Department of Labor and In
dustry Getting Them Under
Inspection Plan Now

All steam boilers and appurtenances
in all sections of Pennsylvania carry
ing pressure greater than fifteen
pounds per square inch are to be thor
| oughly inspected every year, both in
ternally and externally and under op-
Grating conditions, according to rules
made recently by the Industrial Board
of the Department of Labor and In
dustry.
The boilers exempted from ipspec-
ton, according to an announcement
made to-day by Commissioner John
Price jackson. of the labor depart
ment, are those of railroad locomo-
tives, subject to inspection under Fed
eral laws. boilers on automobiles and
boilers of steam fire engines brought
into Pennsylvania for temporary use
in times of emergency for the purpose
of checking confiagrations. Boilers
carrying pressure of less than fifteen
pounds per square inch must be
equipped with safety devices approved
by the Industrial Board.
The boiler code adopted recently by
the Industrial Board applies to boilers
contracted for on or after July 1, 1916,
and to boilers contracted for before
that date and to be delivered after
January l, 1917. This code deals spe-
officially with the details of construc-
ton approved for steam boilers.
The rules and regulations adopted
by the board for the administration
of the boiler code set forth that no
hnn ha atfh 10 or TO
the Commonwealth as a boiler in
spector unless he has passed an exami-
nation described and approved by the
board. At recent examinations held
by the Department of Labor and In
dustry in various sections of the State
titling them to receive commissions as
boiler inspectors.
Commissions of inspectors may be
revoked by the Commissioner of the
Department of Labor and Industry for
cause. and in such revocations an ap-
peal may be made to the Industrial
Board for final hearing.
Regular examinations for boiler in
spectors employed by insurance COM
panies, or acting as individuals, will
be held at Harrisburg and other points
four times each year. on the first Tues
day in February, May, August and No
vember.
boiler inspectors must obtain blank
forms from the Division of Boiler In
spection of the Department of Labor
and Industry and any applicant failing
to pass an examination may be ac-
corded another test at the expiration
of ninety days.
Qualified inspectors, finding boilers
unsafe from any cause, must notify the
owners or persons in charge and make
a report to the Bureau of Inspection of
the Department of Labor and Industry
and the boiler may not be operated
until a proper certificate is granted
that the boiler is in safe condition.
Any owner or user who moves a
stationary boiler required to be in
spected must make q report to the
Bureau of Inspection of the Depart
ment of Labor and Industry, giving
the new location Of the boiler, and 1t
must pass inspection before it may
again be operated.
Certificates issued by inspectors must
be placed where they may be easily
read in the engine room or boiler room
of the plan where the boiler is located
and a certificate of inspection for a
portable boiler must be kept near the
boiler and accessible at all times.
inspectors shall give at least four
teen days notice to owners or users
prior to the boiler inspection, and the
owner or user muSt prepare the boiler
for the inspection at the designated
time by drawing water from the boiler
removing the nanhole and handhole
plates and thoroughly cleaning the
boiler and it's setting. No notice need
be given for inspection of operating
conditions. All boilers contracted for
after July / must be distinctly stamped
as conforming with the safety stand
ards of the Industrial Board Inspect
ors so stamping boilers may not be
directly or indirectly interested in
their manufacture or sale nor an en-
ploye of an owner or user of such
boiler.
Complete copies of the boiler code
and the rules and regulations for it's
administration may be obtained upon
application to the Industrial Board Of
the Department of Labor and Indus
try. The Industrial Board includes
Commissioner John Price Jackson,
chairman. Otto T. Mallery. Mrs. Sam
uel Semple and William Young.