Document B8k0JZKdz7m0G5n4xvGv4zbQ8

PART "A" Purpose and Applicable*. Scop*, Arrangement and Number!sg. PtfatlHon, and Mirpratattoi of Health and SafHy Roles A Amended end in Force Mud I, 1955 Chapter I Sec. I. Purpose and Application The purpose of these rules, pursuant to the provisions of the Health and Safety Act, is to provide reasonable protection to the lives, health and safety of persona employed in this State, and these rules shall apply wherever the subject matter thereof shall exist in any business, occupation, or enterprise in this State having employees, except as follows: ' (a) Nothing contained in these rules shall be con*, strued to -apply to any work, employment or operations done, had or conducted by farmers and others engaged in fanning, tillage of the soil or stock-raising, or to those who rent, demise or lease land for any such purposes, or to any one in their employ, or to any work done on a farm or country place, no matter what kind of work or service is being done or rendered.. (b) Nothing contained in these rules shall be con strued to apply to employers and employees in the coal mining industry.' Sec. 2. Scope The scope of these rules, pursuant to the provisions of the Health and Safety Act, is intended to be limited to the follow ing only: (a | The proper sanitation and ventilation of all places of employment to guard against personal injuries and diseases. <b) The arrangement and guarding of machinery and the storing and placing of personal property to guard against personal injuries and diseases. (c) The prevision of personal injuries and diseases by contact with any' poisonous or deleterious materials, dusts, vapors, gases'or fumes. (d) The prevention of personal injuries and diseases caused by exposure to artificial atmospheric pressure. (e) The construction, setting, placing, erecting aad maintenance of scaffolds, platforms, or other similar frame works. 18