Occupational Safety and Health: Hearings, Ninetieth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 14816 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968 - 990 pages |
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Page 517 - States and with foreign nations and to provide for the general welfare, to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources — M STAT.
Page 7 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any . person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 16. This Act may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Act.
Page 492 - Threshold limit values refer to airborne concentrations of substances and represent conditions under which it is believed that nearly all workers may be repeatedly exposed day after day without adverse effect.
Page 156 - Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces.
Page 554 - ... and shall do every other thing reasonably necessary to protect the life, health, safety and welfare of such employes and frequenters.
Page 370 - Code. (b) The findings of fact by the Commissioner, if supported by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive ; but the court, for good cause shown, may remand the case to the...
Page 492 - Threshold limits should be used as guides in the control of health hazards and should not be regarded as fine lines between safe and dangerous concentrations.
Page 170 - To assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women...
Page 1 - The Congress finds that personal injuries and illnesses arising out of work situations impose a substantial burden upon, and are a hindrance to, interstate commerce in terms of lost production, wage loss, medical expenses, and disability compensation payments.
Page 165 - Act, every employee thereof responsible for such breach is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both such fine and imprisonment.