Mining Accidents and Their PreventionScientific publishing Company, 1889 - 421 páginas |
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Página 7
... reference to several important subjects connected with the safe and efficient working of mines such as the circum- stances under which the employment of naked lights in coal - mines was admissible ; the safety of certain well - known ...
... reference to several important subjects connected with the safe and efficient working of mines such as the circum- stances under which the employment of naked lights in coal - mines was admissible ; the safety of certain well - known ...
Página 13
... reference to the number of persons employed in mines , it is found that a decided improvement has taken place in the death - rate from this cause , yet there is no doubt that much remains to be accomplished before it is so far reduced ...
... reference to the number of persons employed in mines , it is found that a decided improvement has taken place in the death - rate from this cause , yet there is no doubt that much remains to be accomplished before it is so far reduced ...
Página 14
... reference to the inspection of mines , for the pur- pose of ascertaining whether the roof or sides are safe , Mr. Sawyer points out that the universal practice of tapping the coal or stone with some heavy tool , and judging 14 ACCIDENTS ...
... reference to the inspection of mines , for the pur- pose of ascertaining whether the roof or sides are safe , Mr. Sawyer points out that the universal practice of tapping the coal or stone with some heavy tool , and judging 14 ACCIDENTS ...
Página 32
... reference to the scale , will then indicate the percentage of marsh - gas contained in the air . The following tabular statement illustrates the delicacy of action of this indicator , and shows that the ratio of illuminating power of ...
... reference to the scale , will then indicate the percentage of marsh - gas contained in the air . The following tabular statement illustrates the delicacy of action of this indicator , and shows that the ratio of illuminating power of ...
Página 34
... reference to that pressure , and , as the gas - pressure probably maintains a fairly constant proportion to the distance from the worked surface of the coal , the escape of gas from the latter under fixed external influences is fairly ...
... reference to that pressure , and , as the gas - pressure probably maintains a fairly constant proportion to the distance from the worked surface of the coal , the escape of gas from the latter under fixed external influences is fairly ...
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Página 349 - Provided, That nothing in this section shall be so construed as to prevent the employment of a seamstress by any family for manufacturing articles for such family use. None of...
Página 250 - Illinois, before any justice of the peace of such county, and such fine, when collected, shall be paid into the county treasury for the use of the county in which any such accident may have occurred.
Página 333 - For any injury to person or property, occasioned by any willful violations of this act or willful failure to comply with any of its provisions, a right of action shall accrue to the party injured for any direct damages sustained thereby...
Página 314 - ... sureties, conditioned personally to try such appeal, and to abide the judgment of the Court thereon, and to pay such costs as may be awarded by the Court, or...
Página 355 - By the statute in question it is provided that "no employee shall be required, or permitted, to work in a biscuit, bread, or cake bakery, or confectionery establishment, more than sixty hours in any one week, or more than ten hours in any one day...
Página 357 - Act, unless he proves that he had taken all reasonable means, by publishing and to the best of his power enforcing the said rules as regulations for the working of the mine, to prevent such contravention or non-compliance.
Página 332 - The inspectors provided for by this act shall devote their whole time and attention to the duties of their office, and...
Página 274 - ... two separate outlets, separated by natural strata of not less than one hundred feet in breadth, by which shafts or outlets distinct means of ingress and egress are always available to the persons employed in the mine, but...
Página 337 - The owner or agent of every coal mine shall make or cause to be made an accurate map or plan of the workings of such coal mine, on a scale of one hundred feet to the inch.
Página 244 - State, and the works and machinery belonging thereto at all reasonable times, by night or day, but so as not to unnecessarily obstruct or impede the working of the mine, and the owner or agent of such mine is hereby required to furnish the means necessary for such entry and inspection; of which inspection the inspector shall make a record...