Pennsylvania Code › Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY › Part I - Department of Labor and Industry › Chapter 13 - PROPANE AND LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS › Subchapter C - MANUFACTURE OF NITRO AND AMIDO COMPOUNDS › SPECIFICATIONS › Section 13.178 - Health precautions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
Process men.
This term as used in this section shall mean
					 those employes whose work brings them into immediate contact with nitro and
					 amido compounds, either in the manufacture of those compounds or in the repair
					 of apparatus used in their manufacture. The term does not include employes
					 whose duty is in the power plant or other employes whose work does not bring
					 them into such contact.
(b)
Information.
The employer shall inform all employes engaged
					 in the manufacture or other handling of nitro and amido compounds of the
					 poisonous quality of these products and the necessity for strict compliance
					 with all health precautions enumerated in this section.
(c)
Clothing.
Shirts,
					 overalls, caps, stockings, shoes, gloves and other wearing apparel which have
					 become saturated with poisonous nitro and amido compounds in such manner that
					 the skin comes in immediate contact with them, shall be immediately taken off,
					 the skin washed with vinegar and then with water, and the employe shall then
					 put on clothing which has not been in contact with these substances.
(d)
Liquor and smoking.
Employes shall be warned that the use of alcoholic liquors and chewing tobacco
					 is harmful to their health. Smoking in the workroom is strictly
					 forbidden.
(e)
Dining,
					 washing, and dressing rooms.
Food shall not be kept or eaten in the
					 workroom. A suitable dining room absolutely separate from the workroom shall be
					 provided. Employes shall not be allowed to enter this room until they have
					 washed both face and hands. The washing and dressing rooms, and bathrooms,
					 shall be separate from the workrooms. These rooms shall be suitably fitted,
					 kept clean, and properly heated. No one shall be allowed to keep any wearing
					 apparel in the workroom. All process men shall dress in the dressing room or
					 washroom. Each process man shall have two lockers, one for his working and one
					 for his street clothing, or a properly divided double locker or such method for
					 storing clothing as the Department may approve or its authorized
					 representative. A proper number of washing appliances shall be provided. Soap
					 and towels shall be furnished in suitable numbers and free of charge.
(f)
Bath.
Every workman who
					 comes in contact with the nitro and amido compounds shall take a bath daily
					 before he leaves the factory.
(g)
Disability.
It is recommended that men who suffer from
					 inflammation of the bladder not be employed in factories where nitro and amido
					 compounds are made.
(h)
Alcoholic liquor.
Men who are addicted to the use of alcoholic
					 liquors shall not be employed and no employe upon whom the odor of alcoholic
					 liquor is detected shall be allowed to enter the factory.
(i)
Age.
It is recommended
					 that process men be between the ages of 22 and 50 years. It is also recommended
					 that applicants for employment presenting evidences of anemia or of emaciation
					 not be employed as process men because of their increased
					 susceptibility.
(j)
Women.
Application for permission to employ women in the manufacture of
					 nitro and amido compounds shall be filed with the Department. It may be granted
					 to women over 18 years of age after scientific investigation by the Department
					 has determined conclusively that exposure to the compounds in question does not
					 exist.
(k)
Toilets.
Toilets shall be provided in accordance with the provisions of
					 Chapter 41 (relating to sanitation).
(l)
Drinking fountains.
The
					 employer shall provide and maintain a sufficient number of sanitary drinking
					 fountains readily accessible for the use of all employes.
(m)
Eating.
It is
					 recommended that all process men be alerted to the danger of
(2) The process.