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Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 15 - GRANDSTANDS › RULES OF CONSTRUCTION › Section 15.17 - Materials

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(a)
Steel.
Wherever used, steel shall conform to the standard
				  specifications of the American Institute of Steel Construction, as amended. In
				  addition, load carrying steel members of permanent grandstands for outdoor use,
				  and of portable grandstands, including steel members which may be in contact
				  with the earth may not be less than 1/4 inch thick, except for the following:
(1) The web of rolled structural shapes may
				  be not less than 17/100 inch thick.
(2) The deck plates of a steel-deck
				  grandstand, railings and hot galvanized load carrying members not in contact
				  with the earth, may not be less than 3/16 inch thick.
(3) In foldable and permanent grandstands
				  used entirely indoors the required thickness of steel may be decreased 50%, if
				  in all other respects it complies with the requirements of this chapter, and if
				  the location and usage of a member is such that there is no likelihood of
				  distortion which might affect the safety of the grandstand.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 15 - GRANDSTANDS › RULES OF CONSTRUCTION › Section 15.20 - Painting and treatment of members

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(a)
Steel.
Steelwork may be either painted or galvanized by the
				  hot-dip process. If galvanized, it shall be thoroughly cleaned and the minimum
				  thickness or weight of zinc applied shall be .0034 inch, or 2 ounces per square
				  foot of surfaces (1 ounce of zinc per square foot of surface corresponds to a
				  coating thickness of .0017 inch). The galvanized coating shall be capable of
				  withstanding a six dip Preece Test. If painted, it shall be thoroughly cleaned
				  and given not less than one coat of rust inhibiting paint of the best
				  quality.
(b)
Wood.
Wood in contact with the earth shall be pressure treated with
				  creosote or an equal preservative. Other wood shall be either pressure treated
				  or given not less than one coat of good protecting paint, varnish, lacquer or
				  an equivalent finish, either before or not more than 2 weeks after
				  erection.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												15.11 (relating to applicability);
						and 34 Pa. Code §
												15.16 (relating to
						foundations).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 15 - GRANDSTANDS › RULES OF CONSTRUCTION › Section 15.21 - Existing construction

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(a)
				  Existing permanent and portable grandstands may continue to be used if
				  determined to be safe by the Department.
(b) A grandstand determined by the Department
				  to be unsafe for occupancy may not again be used unless made safe according to
				  the instructions of the Department.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												15.11 (relating to
						applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › GENERAL › Section 17.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Contractor
-A person who for the account or
					 benefit of an employer, representative contractor or other person, distributes
					 to a homeworker, or any other person, not recruited or engaged by the employer,
					 representative contractor or other person, articles or materials to be
					 manufactured in a home, and returned to him or disposed of in accordance with
					 his directions.
Employer
-A person who for his own account
					 or benefit, directly or indirectly, or through an employe, agent, independent
					 contractor or other person does any of the following:
(i) Delivers, or causes to be delivered to
				  another person, articles or materials to be manufactured in a home and returned
				  to him, not for the personal use of himself or a member of his family, or
				  disposed of in accordance with his directions.
(ii) Sells to another person, materials or
				  articles for the purpose of having the articles or materials manufactured in a
				  home and then rebuying the materials or articles after the manufacture, either
				  by himself, or by someone designated by him.
Home
-A room, house, apartment or other
					 premises, which is most extensively used, in whole or in part, as a place of
					 dwelling, and including outbuildings upon premises that are primarily used as a
					 place of dwelling, where the outbuildings are under the control of the person
					 dwelling on the premises.
Homework
-The manufacture in a home of
					 articles, or materials for an employer, a representative contractor or a
					 contractor.
Homeworker
-A person engaged in
					 manufacturing in a home, articles or materials for an employer, a
					 representative contractor or a contractor.
Manufacture
-The preparing, altering,
					 repairing, finishing or processing, in whole or in part, or handling in any way
					 connected with the production, wrapping, packaging or preparation for display
					 of an article or materials.
Person
-An individual, partnership, firm,
					 association, domestic or foreign corporation, the legal representatives of a
					 deceased individual, or the receiver, trustee or successor of an individual,
					 partnership, association or corporation.
Representative contractor
-A person who
					 receives from an employer, or contractor not within this Commonwealth, articles
					 or materials to be distributed by him to a homeworker, or other person, not
					 recruited or engaged by the employer or contractor, to be manufactured in a
					 home, and returned to him, or disposed of, in accordance with his
					 directions.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › GENERAL › Section 17.2 - Scope

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This chapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives, limbs
					 and health of workers who engage in industrial homework and places the
					 responsibility of compliance with the rules upon both employer, the
					 representative contractor or the contractor and employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › GENERAL › Section 17.3 - Penalty

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A person who violates this chapter or regulations of the
					 Department or who interferes with the Department or its authorized
					 representative in the enforcement of the regulations will be deemed guilty of a
					 misdemeanor in accordance with section 7, 9 or 21 of act of May 18, 1937 (P. L.
					 665, No. 176) (43 P. S. §
											491-7, § 491-9 or §
					 491-21).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.11 - Licenses of employers or representative contractors

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An employer or representative contractor may not furnish
					 material to a contractor or homeworker until the employer or representative
					 contractor has first secured a permit from the Department. A contractor may not
					 furnish material to homeworkers until the contractor has first secured a permit
					 from the Department. A permit of contractor shall entitle the contractor to
					 accept materials to be given to homeworkers only from those employers or
					 representative contractors who have been issued permits by the Department as
					 employers or representative contractors to distribute homework. If the employer
					 is a resident of a jurisdiction other than this Commonwealth, he shall cause
					 his authorized agent in this Commonwealth to secure a permit as a
					 representative contractor. When a person furnishes, or causes to be furnished,
					 material to a contractor for the purpose of manufacture in whole or in part by
					 homeworkers this person shall be considered an employer, and shall be licensed
					 as such. Permits may be revoked if, after a hearing, it is determined that this
					 chapter or the act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 665, No. 176) (43 P. S.
					 §§
											491-1-491-24) or act of May 13,
					 1915 (P. L. 286, No. 177) (43 P. S. §§
											41-71), have been violated.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												17.13 (relating to
						label).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.12 - Report of homeworkers

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Each employer, representative contractor or contractor,
					 whichever one distributes materials direct to homeworkers, shall forward to the
					 Department between the first and 15th day of March, June, September and
					 December, a complete list of homeworkers employed by him. The lists shall give
					 the name, address and age of each homeworker, and the wages received. There
					 shall also be submitted a statement of the materials furnished and articles
					 manufactured by each homeworker. A list of contractors to whom materials have
					 been furnished shall likewise be submitted by each employer or representative
					 contractor furnishing materials to a contractor. Each contractor shall also
					 submit a list of employers or representative contractors from whom he has
					 received materials, and indicate whether or not the materials furnished were in
					 turn given out to homeworkers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.13 - Label

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The employer or representative contractor shall place upon
					 each unit of delivery or shipment to a homeworker a label of a design which has
					 been registered with the Department at the time of securing the license
					 specified in §
										17.11 (relating to licenses of
					 employers or representative contractors). When material to homeworkers is
					 distributed by a contractor, the label shall bear the name of the contractor in
					 addition to the name of the employer or representative contractor. The labels
					 may not be removed from the wrapper or container in which the homework is
					 delivered until the work has been completed and returned to the
					 employer.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.14 - Sanitation

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The employer, representative contractor or contractor may
					 not distribute directly or indirectly to a homeworker materials to be
					 manufactured, finished, repaired, altered or handled in any manner until he has
					 assured himself that the home in which the work is to be done is in a clean and
					 sanitary condition and free from an infectious, contagious or communicable
					 disease. The recommended Health and Sanitation Housing Standards of the
					 Department of Health may be used as a guide for determining the sanitary
					 condition of the home.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.15 - Contagious diseases

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The employer, representative contractor or contractor upon
					 being notified by a representative of the Department or local or the Department
					 of Health of the existence of an infectious, contagious or communicable disease
					 in a home where industrial homework is being done, shall, if permitted by the
					 local or Department of Health, remove the articles or materials from the home.
					 The articles or materials shall be immediately sterilized in a manner approved
					 by the Department. The employer, representative contractor or contractor may
					 not again furnish materials to a homeworker living in the home until he has
					 been notified by one of the agents mentioned in this section that the home is
					 free from the infectious, contagious or communicable disease.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.16 - Responsibility of employer, representative contractor or contractor

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The employer, representative contractor or contractor,
					 distributing materials directly to homeworkers, shall designate some person
					 over 21 years of age, such as a parent, a guardian or homeworkers, in each home
					 where homework is done as his authorized representative in that home, who,
					 together with the employer, representative contractor or contractor is jointly
					 responsible for the carrying out of the act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 665, No.
					 176) (43 P. S. §§
											491-1-491-24) or the act of May 13, 1915 (P.
					 L. 286, No. 177) (43 P. S. §§
											41-71)
					 and this chapter. An employer or representative contractor who furnishes
					 materials to a contractor to be distributed to homeworkers when that contractor
					 is violating the provision of the laws or regulations applicable to industrial
					 homework, shall be held jointly responsible with the
					 contractor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.17 - Female workers

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(a) A female may
				  not be employed more than 10 hours per day, nor more than 48 hours per week nor
				  more than 6 days per week.
(b) A
				  female 17 years of age or younger may not be employed before 6 a.m. or after 9
				  p.m.
(c) A female may not be
				  employed for more than 5 hours continuously without a rest or meal period of at
				  least 30 minutes.
This section is unconstitutional under PA. CONST. ART. I,
						§ 28.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 17 - INDUSTRIAL HOME WORK › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 17.18 - Child labor

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(a) Minors 15
				  years of age or under may not be employed in industrial homework. A minor
				  between 16 and 18 may be employed in this work if it does not interfere with
				  school attendance. The hours spent in school shall be considered as part of the
				  working day or week. A minor 17 years of age or younger may not be employed for
				  more than 44 hours a week, nor more than 8 hours per day.
(b) A minor 17 years of age or younger may
				  not be employed without an employment certificate which shall be kept on file
				  by the employer.
(c) General
				  employment certificates are required when children between 16 and 18 are
				  employed all the time.
(d) Vacation
				  employment certificates are required when minors 16 to 18 work at any time
				  except when they are required to attend school.
(e) Employment certificates may be issued
				  only by the district superintendent, supervising principal or secretary of the
				  board of school directors or other school official, deputized in writing by any
				  of the other school officials authorized by law to issue
				  certificates.
(f) Before an
				  employment certificate is issued the prospective employer shall make a
				  statement in writing that he expects to give employment to a minor applying for
				  the certificate.
(g) Employers
				  shall acknowledge in writing, to the issuing officer, receipt of an employment
				  certificate within 3 days after the minor has begun working.
(h) Upon termination of employment, the
				  employer shall return the employment certificate by mail to the issuing school
				  official.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter A - BREWING AND BOTTLING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Approved
-The term means approved by the
						Industrial Board.
Bottling
-A method in which spirituous or
						malt liquors or beverages, soft drinks, carbonated waters, milk, fruit syrups,
						patent medicines or other liquids are placed under pressure in bottles or other
						glass containers.
Brewing
-A process used in the
						manufacturing of a beverage from malt, hops or other materials by a method of
						infusion or mashing, boiling and fermentation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter A - BREWING AND BOTTLING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19.2 - Scope

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This subchapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives,
						limbs and health of workers in the brewing and bottling industry, and places
						the responsibility of compliance with the rules upon both employer and
						employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter A - BREWING AND BOTTLING › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19.3 - Penalty

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A person who violates this subchapter or other
						regulations of the Department or who interferes with the Department or its
						authorized representative in the enforcement of this subchapter or regulations
						shall be penalized under section 15 of act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 654, No. 174)
						(43
						P. S. §
												25-15).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter A - BREWING AND BOTTLING › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.11 - Varnishing

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(a) An employe,
					 while varnishing the inside of a container, is not permitted to have an open
					 light present in the container, if the substance used for the varnishing is
					 capable of giving off, at or below a temperature of 100°F a gas or vapor
					 which is inflammable or explosive.
(b) The use of coal, coke, charcoal or oil
					 heaters for drying out or heating vats, tanks or casks is prohibited. Only
					 approved electric or gas heaters substantially connected shall be used for this
					 purpose. Heaters are not permitted in vats, tanks or casks in which a person is
					 at work.
(c) Persons engaged in
					 varnishing the inside of containers either by using soluble varnish, varnish or
					 by means of varnish substitutes which are first melted and then applied by
					 means of heat, shall be provided with an approved type of respirator or
					 helmet.
(d) If an effective exhaust
					 system is used for the removal of impure air from the containers in which the
					 process of varnishing is being carried on, respirators or helmets need not be
					 used.
(e) Whenever one or more
					 persons are engaged in varnishing the inside of closed containers, a fellow
					 workman shall be stationed on the outside of the containers to render
					 assistance, if necessary, to the person or persons inside.
(f) Varnish used on the inside of containers
					 shall be prepared only from denatured or grain alcohol.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter A - BREWING AND BOTTLING › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.12 - Ladders

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(a) Ladders used on
					 or in open containers shall be provided with hooks on the top of the ladder or
					 anti-slipping devices on the feet of the ladder.
(b) Ladders used on closed containers, or for
					 other purposes, if not provided with hooks on the top, shall be provided with
					 anti-slipping feet, or otherwise made secure at the base. It is recommended
					 that some suitable means be provided at all places against which ladders are
					 placed, to prevent the top of the ladder from slipping sidewise. This may be
					 accomplished by means of projections permanently attached to the top of the
					 container or other smooth places against which the ladder is placed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter A - BREWING AND BOTTLING › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.13 - Dry workrooms and ventilation

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(a)
					 Excessive amounts of foul air or steam vapor in workrooms shall be removed by
					 an effective system of ventilation.
(b) Floors of workrooms shall be drained to
					 prevent pools of water from accumulating. It is recommended that the walkways
					 in tank cellars be raised a few inches to insure dry footing.
(c) When vapor is condensed on any pipes
					 resulting in water dropping from the pipes upon persons working beneath them,
					 drip pans shall be installed under the pipes.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter A - BREWING AND BOTTLING › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.14 - Bottling machines

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(a) Spout,
					 hand-fed filling machines shall be provided with effective guards, and operated
					 to prevent injury to a person by flying particles, in the event of a bottle
					 exploding.
(b) Persons operating
					 the machines in which the air pressure exceeds 5 pounds per square inch, shall,
					 in addition, be provided with, and be compelled to wear, an approved type of
					 arm, head and face protector.
(c)
					 Employers shall, at their own expense, provide each employe with the protection
					 as set forth in this section.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19.21 - Definitions

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The term "cannery" when used in this subchapter means an
						establishment within this Commonwealth used for the manufacture, preparation or
						canning of perishable foodstuffs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19.22 - Purpose

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This subchapter sets forth rules to safeguard the lives,
						limbs and health of workers in canneries within this Commonwealth and, places
						the responsibility of compliance with the rules upon employer and
						employe.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 19.23 - Penalty

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A person who violates this subchapter or a regulation of
						the Department or who interferes with the Department or its authorized
						representative in the enforcement of this subchapter or regulations will be
						penalized under section 15 of act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 654, No. 174)
						(43
						P. S. §
												25-15).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.31 - Laws affecting canneries

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In addition to the requirements of this subchapter, each
						person, firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture, preparation or canning
						of perishable foodstuffs in a cannery shall be responsible for observing the
						requirements of the act of May 13, 1915 (P. L. 286, No. 177) (43 P. S.
						§§
												41-71), regulating the
						employment of minors and other acts enforced by the Department as they apply to
						canneries.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
													19.32 (relating to
						  license).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.32 - License

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(a) Each person,
					 firm or corporation now engaged in, or intending to engage in, the manufacture,
					 preparation or canning of perishable foodstuffs shall secure a license from the
					 Department. Each applicant for a cannery license shall state on his application
					 that he has complied with all laws and regulations enforced and issued by the
					 Department and that he will comply in the future.
(b) The Department will determine whether or
					 not compliance has been effected by means of inspections made by its authorized
					 representatives.
(c) If compliance
					 has been effected, the Department may authorize the operation of the cannery by
					 issuing a license, effective for 1 year from date of issue and revocable at any
					 time after a hearing for failure to continue compliance with the acts specified
					 in §
											19.31 (relating to laws affecting
					 canneries).
(d) Anyone now engaged
					 in, or intending to engage in, the maintenance and operation of a labor camp in
					 connection with the operation of a cannery shall secure a labor camp license
					 from the Department in accordance with Chapter 31 (relating to migrant
					 labor).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.33 - Communicable diseases

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A person who is not afflicted with a communicable disease
						or skin infection shall be employed in or be permitted to work in the
						manufacture, preparation or canning of a perishable
						foodstuffs.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.34 - Location

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(a) Each cannery
					 shall be so located as to permit prompt receipt and distribution of perishable
					 foodstuffs. A cannery may not be located in the immediate vicinity of an
					 industry or establishment or other place giving off noxious odors or which is
					 rendered objectionable through the use or production of decomposed
					 materials.
(b) A cannery may not be
					 located upon a site which cannot be made sanitary or where the refuse cannot be
					 disposed of in a sanitary manner.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.35 - Construction

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(a) The roof of
					 every cannery shall be of water-tight construction. The ceiling shall be high
					 enough to permit safe clearance for persons working under suspended shafting,
					 hangers, piping, galleries and other equipment unless guarded in accordance
					 with existing regulations of the Department.
(b) The floors of canneries shall be tight,
					 and graded around machinery, cookers, washers and other places where waste and
					 overflow is unavoidable to confine the waste and overflow in the smallest
					 possible area. Waste and overflow shall be drained away from machines, cookers,
					 washers and other places where created during operations to sewers or other
					 disposal points by means of graded gutters or pipes buried in the floor or
					 ground. Gutters and depressions from floor level shall be adequately covered in
					 case their construction or location makes them dangerous to limbs. The covers
					 shall be readily removable for cleaning and scrubbing the gutters. A person may
					 not be permitted to work at points where the floor is covered with a measurable
					 amount of water or other liquid or wet accumulation without being provided with
					 a working platform. The working platform shall be of sufficient height, width
					 and length dimensions to raise the person above the top level of liquid or wet
					 accumulation and permit normal freedom of movement at the working
					 point.
(c) The tops of tables shall
					 be smooth. Tables shall be properly drained to remove waste and
					 overflow.
(d) Each cannery shall
					 provide means for the intake and circulation of not less than 200 cubic feet of
					 fresh air per minute for each worker during the entire working period. If
					 mechanical means are necessary to provide this ventilation, the means may not
					 be installed until plans, giving the complete data for the entire installation,
					 have been submitted to and approved by the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 19 - INDUSTRIES-FOOD AND DRINK › Subchapter B - CANNERIES › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 19.36 - Maintenance and sanitation

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(a) Litter,
					 waste or refuse may not be allowed to accumulate in or around the buildings or
					 yards of a cannery. Liquid waste shall be conducted from the buildings by means
					 of suitable drainage pipes or gutters. Gross by-products suitable for other
					 usage, such as pea vines or corn husks, may be stacked or placed in silos. The
					 stacks or silos shall be separate from the buildings and shall be adequately
					 drained to intercept oozing liquid. Other by-products shall only be retained
					 when rendered unobjectionable by giving off no perceptible odor or oozing
					 liquid. Skins, peelings, cores or other refuse may not be piled near the
					 buildings nor be distributed on the land within 200 feet of the buildings
					 unless so thinly spread as to give off no perceptible odor.
(b) Machines, conveyors, floors, tables,
					 pails, trays, cookers, washers or similar equipment shall be scalded with steam
					 or hot water at least once each day and as often as individual cannery
					 requirements necessitate in order to prevent souring or unsanitary conditions.
					 A scalder or blancher may not be used which is not cleaned at least twice each
					 day when in use.
(c) Only pure and
					 wholesome water shall be used in the washing of equipment coming into contact
					 with food or in the making of syrup or brine.
(d) The overflow of brine or syrup may not be
					 used. Cans may not be brined or syruped by being passed through a tank (dip
					 tank) to receive the syrup, brine or water by submergence. Tanks of water in
					 which a product is held before filling into cans shall be provided with a
					 continuous supply of pure and wholesome water and with an overflow.
(e) Male and female workers engaged in the
					 preparation of food or the placing of the food in containers are not permitted
					 to keep wearing apparel, not actually in use, in a workroom where they or
					 others are so engaged.
(f) Each
					 person engaged in food preparation shall wear a head covering and suitable
					 outer clothing of a closely woven material, preferably white, that is readily
					 washable. The head coverings and clothing shall be thoroughly boiled and washed
					 at least once each week and as often as individual cannery operations may
					 require.
(g) Unsanitary personal
					 practices, including the use of tobacco or snuff in any form, the open blowing
					 of the nose, expectorating or wetting the fingers in the mouth is prohibited.
					 Printed notices to this effect shall be prepared by the Department and
					 conspicuously posted by each cannery.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"A" ladder
or
trestle
					 ladder
-Ladder that consists of two single ladders hinged at the top to
					 form equal angles with the base.
Extension ladder
-A ladder that consists of
					 two or more sections traveling in guides or brackets so arranged that it may be
					 adjusted to variable lengths.
Extension trestle ladder
-A ladder that
					 consists of an "A" or trestle ladder with an additional single ladder which is
					 adjusted vertically and provided with a device to lock it into place.
Fire ladder
-A ladder used exclusively for
					 fire purposes, but it does not include equipment of organized fire
					 departments.
Fixed ladder
-A ladder which is
					 substantially fastened to a structure in a permanent position.
Full working length
-The length of the
					 ladder extended in extension or sectional ladders and not the sum of the
					 lengths of the individual sections.
Ladder
-An appliance designed for use in
					 ascending or descending at an angle with the horizontal, exceeding 50°
					 usually consisting of two side pieces called side rails, joined at short
					 intervals by cross pieces called steps.
Portable ladder
-A ladder that may be used
					 at various locations. This term includes single, extension, step, and trestle
					 ladders.
Sectional ladder
-A ladder consisting of
					 two or more sections which when combined will function as a single
					 ladder.
Side-rolling ladder
-A ladder running or a
					 guide rail, generally fastened to shelving, the plane of the ladder being also
					 its line of motion.
Single or straight ladder
-A ladder
					 consisting of only one section.
Stepladder
-A ladder which consists of
					 self-supporting flat steps or treads.
Trolley ladder
-A ladder running on or in a
					 track, fastened overhead; the plane of the ladder being at right angles to the
					 line of motion.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.2 - Purpose

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This chapter sets forth requirements for the construction,
					 use and maintenance of ladders, and the safeguard of the lives, limbs and
					 health of employes in industries in which such ladders are
					 used.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.3 - Scope

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This chapter applies to every establishment within this
					 Commonwealth, specifies the kinds of materials suitable for ladders, and
					 divides the species of wood into four classes according to their strength as
					 related to minimum dimensional requirements of ladder parts. The quality of
					 wood materials specified in this chapter shall be controlled by limiting the
					 timber defects in ladders manufactured to the minimum dimensions. Where larger
					 cross sections are employed, the timber requirements relating to the size of
					 knots and slope of cross grain may be modified when and as the provisions of
					 this chapter provide the basis of modification being that the strength of each
					 ladder part shall be equivalent to or greater than a similar part manufactured
					 to the minimum dimensional requirements.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 21.4 - Penalty

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Any person who violates any of the provisions of this
					 chapter or any regulations of the Department or who interferes with the
					 Department or its authorized representative in the enforcement of the
					 provisions or regulations shall be penalized under the provisions of section 15
					 of act of May 18, 1937 (P. L. 654, No. 174) (43 P. S. §
											25-15).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › TIMBER DEFECTS AND LOW DENSITY WOOD › Section 21.11 - Timber defects

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The term specifically referred to as "timber defects" shall
					 include all of the following:
(1) A
				  knot which is a portion of a branch and which has become incorporated in the
				  body of a tree. All provisions of this chapter relating to the presence of
				  knots apply only to the surface of the piece on which the knot appears, and all
				  such provisions limiting the size of knots apply to the mean or average
				  diameter as measured on the surface.
(2) Cross-grained wood in which the fibres
				  are not parallel with the axis or longitudinal edge of the piece. It is
				  expressed in this chapter as the slope of the grain with respect to the edges
				  of the piece. For instance, one in 12 means that in a distance of 12 inches the
				  grain deviates one inch from the edge. The presence in any surface of local
				  discontinuity of grain or local deviations in the straightness of grain because
				  of knots permitted in the piece shall be disregarded in applying the provisions
				  of this chapter.
(3) A shake which
				  is a separation along the grain, the greater part of which occurs between the
				  rings of annual growth.
(4) A check
				  which is a separation along the grain, the greater part of which occurs across
				  the rings of annual growth.
(5) A
				  pitch pocket which is an opening between the grain of the wood, containing more
				  or less pitch or bark.
(6) Decay
				  which is the destruction of the wood substance due to the action of wood
				  destroying fungi.
(7) A cross-break
				  which is a separation of the wood cells across the grain of the wood.
(8) A compression failure which is a
				  deformation of the fibres due to excessive compression along the grain. This
				  deformation takes the form of a buckling of the fibres.
(9) Compression wood, or proudwood, which is
				  an abnormal growth occurring in conifers (softwood) and is characterized by
				  relatively wide annual rings, usually eccentric and a comparatively large
				  proportion of summerwood, usually 50% or more, which merges into the springwood
				  without exhibiting a marked contrast in color.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › TIMBER DEFECTS AND LOW DENSITY WOOD › Section 21.12 - Low density wood

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This type of wood is exceptionally light in weight for its
					 species, due usually to abnormal growth conditions. It is frequently referred
					 to as brashy wood and it breaks with a brittle fracture.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS › Section 21.21 - Wood side rails

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(a) Wood side
				  rails shall not be made from low density wood but shall be of throughly
				  seasoned material free of any of the following defects:
(1) Shakes.
(2) Cross-breaks.
(3) Checks over 6 inches long or over 1/2
				  inch deep.
(4) Decay.
(5) Compression failures.
(6) Compression wood.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS › Section 21.22 - Compensation for large knots

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The method of calculating the depth of side rail to
					 determine equivalent strength, assuming the thickness remains constant shall be
					 as follows:
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Where D1  = depth of side rail
					 of equivalent strength.
D1  = minimum depth
					 permitted.
Ke = size of knot adjacent to the edge of the wide face
					 when larger
than 1/12 the depth and not greater than 1/6 the
					 depth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS › Section 21.23 - Wood steps

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(a) Wood rungs,
				  treads and cleats shall not be made from low density wood, but shall be
				  thoroughly seasoned material free of all of the following defects:
(1) Shakes.
(2) Pitch pockets.
(3) Cross-breaks.
(4) Injurious checks.
(5) Decay.
(6) Compression failures.
(7) Compression wood.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS › Section 21.24 - Metal parts

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Unless otherwise specified by the provisions of this
					 chapter, all metal parts or fittings shall be made of any of the
					 following:
(1) Steel.
(2) Wrought iron.
(3) Malleable cast iron.
(4) Other equivalent metal.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS › Section 21.33 - Steps

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(a) Except as
				  otherwise provided in this chapter, steps may be either rungs, treads or
				  cleats, and shall have the dimensions specified in this section or be of
				  equivalent strength.
(b) Wood rungs
				  shall have the following minimum dimensions, length of rung to be measured
				  between supports:
Length of Rung (between side rails)
								(inches)
Center Diameter
								(inches)
Tenon Diameter
								(inches)
Tenon Length (inches)
Up to and including
								24
1-1/8
7/8
13/16
Over 24, up to and including
								32
1-3/16
7/8
13/16
(c)
				  Oval wood rungs shall have at least the same strength and bearing as round
				  rungs of the same length.
(d) Metal
				  rungs of solid round steel stock shall have a minimum center diameter of 5/8
				  inch and tenon diameter of 1/2 inch.
(e) Metal rungs when made of pipe shall not
				  be smaller than 1 inch standard steel pipe.
(f) Metal rungs when made of angle section
				  shall have minimum dimensions of 3/4 by 3/4 by 1/8 inches.
(g) "U" sections shall, in general, be
				  considered as the equivalent of a rung and shall meet all of the requirements
				  of this chapter relating to rungs.
(h) Wood treads shall have the following
				  minimum dimensions:
Length of Treads (between side rails)
								(inches)
Thickness
								(inches)
Width (inches)
Up to and including 16
25/32
3
Over 16, up to and including
								20
25/32
3-1/4
Over 20, up to and including
								24
25/32
3-1/2
Over 24, up to and including
								28
25/32
4
Over 28, up to and including 32
1
4-1/2
(i)
				  Metal treads shall have a width as specified for wood treads. In cross section
				  metal treads shall be a channel or equivalent section equal in strength to the
				  specifications for wood treads.
(j)
				  Wood cleats shall have the following minimum dimensions:
Length of Cleat (between side rails)
								(inches)
Thickness
								(inches)
Width (inches)
Up to and including 20
25/32
3
Over 20, up to and including
								30
25/32
3-3/4
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												21.23 (relating to wood steps); 34
						Pa. Code §
												21.34 (relating to fixed ladders);
						34 Pa. Code §
												21.35 (relating to single or
						straight ladders); 34 Pa. Code §
												21.36 (relating to extension
						ladders); 34 Pa. Code §
												21.38 (relating to trestle and
						extension trestle ladders); and 34 Pa. Code §
												21.40 (relating to
						stepladders).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS › Section 21.35 - Single or straight ladders

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(a)
				  Single ladders over 30 feet in length shall not be used.
(b) The width between side rails at the base
				  shall in no case be less than 11 1/2 inches for ladders up to and including 10
				  feet in length. For longer ladders this width should be increased at least 1/4
				  inch for each additional foot of length.
(c) Rectangular wood side rails may have an
				  end depth of not less than 2-1/4 inches and shall have center cross section to
				  conform with the requirements of §
										21.32 (relating to side rails).
				  Rungs shall conform to the requirements of §
										21.33 (relating to
				  steps).
(d) Hooked tops which fit
				  over shaftings, roofs and other similar places shall be employed on single
				  ladders where working conditions warrant.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												21.39 (relating to fire
						ladders).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 21 - LADDERS › CONSTRUCTION SPECIFICATIONS › Section 21.36 - Extension ladders

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(a) Side rails
				  of extension ladders when fully extended shall conform with the dimensions of
				  §
										21.32 (relating to side rails) for
				  such extended length. On a two piece extension ladders it is recommended that
				  allowance be made for a 3 foot lap up to approximately 38 feet, a 4 foot lap
				  for 40 and 44 feet extended lengths, a 5 foot lap for 46 feet and up, and for
				  three section ladders 4 feet at each lap for 46 feet and up of extended length.
				  Rungs shall be according to the requirements of § 21.33 (relating to
				  steps).
(b) The minimum distance
				  between side rails of bottom section of extension ladders shall be as follows:
Full working length ladder
								(feet)
Minimum distance (between side rails)
								(inches)
Up to and including 23
14 1/2
Over 23, up to and including 36
16
Over 36, up to and including 55
18
(c)
				  Each ladder shall be equipped with two automatic locks of an approved
				  type.
(d) Locks and guide irons
				  shall be of such construction as to make the extension ladder equal in strength
				  to a ladder constructed of continuous side rails.
(e) Locking devices other than as specified
				  in this section may be used after they are approved for such service.
(f) Ladders over 30 feet in length shall be
				  equipped with metal shackle, pulley, and rope for operation. It is recommended
				  that ladders less than 30 feet in length be also so equipped.
This section cited in 34 Pa. Code §
												21.39 (relating to fire
						ladders).