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 […]
297 – Unclean Factories.
§ 297. Unclean factories. 1. If the commissioner finds evidence of contagious disease in a factory, he shall affix to the articles therein exposed to contagion a label containing the word “unclean” and shall notify the local department or board of health, which after disinfecting the articles may remove such label. 2. If the commissioner […]
281 – Fireproof Receptacles.
§ 281. Fireproof receptacles. Every factory shall be provided with properly covered fireproof receptacles, the number, style and location of which shall be approved in the city of New York by the fire commissioner and elsewhere by the commissioner. There shall be deposited in such receptacles waste materials, cuttings and rubbish of an inflammable nature. […]
282 – Gas Jets and Other Lights.
§ 282. Gas jets and other lights. All gas jets and other lights in factories shall be properly enclosed by globes or wire cages or shall be otherwise properly protected in a manner approved in the city of New York by the fire commissioner of such city and elsewhere by the commissioner.
283 – Smoking.
§ 283. Smoking. 1. No person shall smoke in a factory. A notice of such prohibition stating the penalty for violation thereof shall be kept posted in every entrance hall, elevator, stairhall and room of a factory in English, and in such other languages as the fire commissioner of the city of New York in […]
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 […]