43 P.S. § 443 Equipment For Work In Compressed Air

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-27
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 43 P.S. § 443

Every employer carrying on any work in the prosecution of which persons are employed in compressed air shall:

(1) Provide and install gages in each tunnel, for showing the air pressure to which the persons so employed therein are subjected. Such gages shall be accessible at all times during working-hours to all employes in the tunnels.

(2) Provide and attach gages to each caisson, for showing the air pressure to which the persons so employed therein are subjected, and employ a competent person, who may be the lock-tender, to take charge of such gages and of the instruments required under subdivision three of this section. The person so employed shall not be permitted to work more than eight hours in any twenty-four hours.

(3) Provide and attach an air-gage and a timepiece to each air-lock. Such gage and timepiece shall be accessible to the lock-tender at all times.

(4) Keep at least two air-pipes or -lines connected with each tunnel, caisson, compartment, or place in which persons are so employed.

(5) Provide a suitable iron ladder for the entire length of every shaft used in connection with such work.

(6) Keep every passageway used in connection with such work clear and properly lighted.