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299 – Ventilation, Heating and Humidity.

§ 299. Ventilation, heating and humidity. 1. Every work room in a factory shall be provided with proper and sufficient means of ventilation, natural or mechanical or both, as may be necessary, and there shall be maintained therein proper and sufficient ventilation and proper degrees of temperature and humidity at all times during the working […]

300 – Size of Rooms; Air Space per Person.

§ 300. Size of rooms; air space per person. No greater number of persons shall be employed in any room of a factory between six o’clock in the morning and six o’clock in the evening than will allow each person so employed two hundred and fifty cubic feet of air space nor, unless by written […]

310 – Foundries.

§ 310. Foundries. Foundries shall conform to the provisions of this chapter relating to factories and also to the following requirements: 1. Entrances and windows shall be constructed and maintained so as to minimize drafts. 2. Gangways shall be constructed and maintained of sufficient width to make the use thereof by employees reasonably safe and […]

315 – Definitions.

§ 315. Definitions. Whenever used in this article: 1. “Owner” means the owner of the premises, or the lessee of the whole thereof, or the agent in charge of the property. 2. “Tenant-factory building” means a building, separate parts of which are occupied and used by different persons and one or more of which parts […]

316 – Duties of Owners and Occupiers.

§ 316. Duties of owners and occupiers. 1. Except as in this article otherwise provided, the person operating a factory, whether as owner or lessee of the whole or a part of the building in which the same is situated or otherwise, shall be responsible for the observance of the provisions of this article, anything […]

291 – Cleanliness and Safety of Rooms.

§ 291. Cleanliness and safety of rooms. Every room in a factory and every part thereof and all fixtures therein shall at all times be kept in a safe and sanitary condition and in proper repair. No person shall expectorate upon the walls, floors or stairs of a factory or of the building in which […]

292 – Drinking Water.

§ 292. Drinking water. There shall be provided in every factory at all times for the use of employees a sufficient supply of clean and pure drinking water, and if placed in receptacles the same shall be properly covered and kept clean.

293 – Washrooms.

§ 293. Washrooms. 1. There shall be provided and maintained for employees in every factory suitable and convenient washrooms separate for each sex, adequately equipped with washing facilities. Every washroom shall be adequately ventilated and heated and shall be lighted by artificial means where necessary. 2. In factories where lead, arsenic or other poisonous substances […]

294 – Dressing Rooms.

§ 294. Dressing rooms. There shall be provided in every factory where females are employed such dressing or emergency rooms as shall be specified in the rules of the board. All dressing rooms shall be separated from waterclosets by partitions, shall have adequate floor space in proportion to the number of employees, shall be provided […]

295 – Waterclosets.

§ 295. Waterclosets. 1. There shall be provided for every factory a sufficient number of suitable and convenient waterclosets. All waterclosets shall be maintained inside the factory building, except where in the opinion of the commissioner it is impracticable. 2. There shall be separate watercloset compartments or toilet rooms for females, constructed and maintained in […]