14.-FINAL PROVISIONS. "3053a. The provisions of the civil law of this Province, concerning the responsability of the employer towards his employees, are in no manner considered as being modified or changed by the provissions of this act." 2. This act shall not affect the appointments, rules and regulations, matters or things made or done in virtue of the act replaced by the present act, which shall remain in force until it be otherwise decided under the provisions of this act. 3. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. Quebec, 27th March, 1902. Present: The LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR in Council. It is ordered that the regulations respecting industrial establishments, approved by the orders in council number 376, of the 19th of July, 1894, and number 404, of the 31st of October, 1895, be rescinded and annulled, and that the "Regulations respecting industrial establishments of the province of Quebec" be approved and declared obligatory under the authority of the act 57 Vict., ch. 30, such as amended by act 63, Vict., ch. 23. REGULATIONS RESPECTING INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. APPROVED BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL THE 27TH MARCH, 1902, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE ACT 57 VICT., CHAP. 30, No. AS AMENDED BY THE ACT 63 VICT., CHAP. 23. INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE. 1.-Installation and maintenance. Industrial establish ments with all movables and immovables belonging to them, must be so installed and maintained that the health and lives of the workmen shall be protected as efficiently and to as great an extent as possible against the risks of trade. No. 2. In the erection of buildings, as well as in alterations or modifications to the same, care must be taken to avoid, at the very outset, all defects in connection with their laying out, their safety and their salubrity, which it would be difficult to remedy later on. For that purpose the architect's plans should be first submitted to the Inspector. No. 3. The establishments already in existence, which it would require too heavy an outlay to alter so as to make them comformable to law and the regulations made under its authority, must, however, be made as far as possible conform to the same, to the satisfaction of the Inspector. No. 4. If the destination of the building of an establishment is altered so as to require greater solidity a certificate from an architect establishing such solidity must be delivered to the inspector. No. 5. If the Inspector has any reason to suspect the solidity of a building he may enquire an architect's certificate. WORKING PLACES OUTSIDE OF BUILDINGS. PASSAGE-WAYS. Passage-ways used by the workmen, outside of buildings, must be kept free from snow and clear of all material not required in working operations. No. 7. Privies situated outside must be substantially built, furnished with a proper seat, and ventilated to the satisfaction of the Inspector. No. 8.-Excavations, wells, basins, millraces, (flumes) must be fenced in or covered. No. 9. Hoists. The platform of hoists situated outside of buildings shall be furnished with a strong wire grating or a fence. No. 10. Cranes and derricks. Cranes and derricks worked by hand must be provided with pawls. If the load is to descend by its own weight, they will be provided with a brake and covers for the gears. No. 11-The several parts of these apparatuses must be frequently inspected by some competent person. INTERIOR OF BUILDINGS. DOORS AND EXITS. No. 12. If the exits are insufficient, the Inspector may give orders to build others inside, and in the event of this being too difficult, arrangements must be made on the outside, to facilitate egress. No. 13. The main doors of egress must open outwards, and be left free during the entire working time. No. 14. The width of these doors must not be less than fortyeight (48) inches and their height not less than seven (7) feet. No. 15. Doors serving as means of egress for corridors, passages, alleys or staircases, shall not be of less width than such passages; and, if they serve as exits in case of panic, they must swing both ways, be kept closed by weights or springs. No. 16. The width of main passages must be at least 48 inches, and that of side pasages at least twenty four (24) inches. These passages must be kept clear. No. 17.-Elevated passage-ways, platforms.-Elevated passageways, platforms, sloping gang-ways, flying or stationery bridges, crossing planks, scaffoldings, must be provided with guards consisting of a handrail and a cross piece to prevent objects from falling, This prescription applies only to platforms whose level above the ground exceeds six (6) feet. STAIRCASES. No. 18. The main staircases must not be more than twelve (12) feet between the landing places, nor less than four feet wide, and (4) there must be sufficient number of such staircases to allow of the building being immediately and easily cleared. No. 19. Staircases must be kept in good order, provided with suitable railings and balusters, and a ceiling. LIGHT. No. 20. The workrooms, staircases, passages, elevators, exits and all places where the apparatus for signalling to stop machinery, or set it in motion, are placed, must be properly lighted. No. 21. Boiler room. The room generally, the steam guage and water guage must be specially lighted. No. 22. Privies. They must be constantly lighted during working hours if so required by the Inspector. HOISTS. No. 23. At each storey to which the hoist shall pass, there shall be provided substantial trap-doors disposed so that they shall open and shut automatically, every time that the car shall pass up and down. No. 24-Elevators and hoists shall be provided with safety catches, destined to hold the car in the event of the breaking of the cable. No. 25.-Employers will see that the different parts of their hoists or elevators receive a periodical inspection by the engineer of the establishment. No. 26. In cities where a municipal inspection service exists, the employer, when requested by the Inspector of industrial establishments shall furnish a certificate of inspection of his hoist or elevator. No. 27. The working of any hoist or elevator may be stopped by the Inspector, if the necessary conditions of safety required are not observed. DANGEROUS SPOTS. No. 28. Pits for fly-wheels and other movable pieces of machinery, openings in the floors, walls, wells, traps, vats, basins, tanks of corrosive or heated liquids, and other dangerous spots or objects must be fenced in at the satisfaction of the Inspector. SAFETY MEASURES RESPECTING STATIONARY BOILERS No. 29. In new establishments, unless specially authorized by the Inspector, steam boilers must be located outside of the main building. No. 30. In existing industrial establishments, the steam-boiler and other motors must, if necessary, be put in separate places closed in on the side where the work is done. SAFETY VALVES. No. 31. Every boiler must be provided with one safety valve so loaded as to allow the steam to escape as soon as its effective pressure attains the maximum limit specified in the certificate of the last inspection. No. 32. The opening of each valve must be sufficient to maintain the steam in the boiler at a degree of pressure not exceeding the above limit in any case. No. 33. Every boiler must be provided with a check-valve, or apparatus working automatically and placed at the point of intersection of the feed pipe to which it belongs. No. 34. The load of the safety valve must be of one weight and never altered. STEAM-GAUGES. No. 35. Every boiler must be provided with a steam-guage in good order placed in full view of the stoker, and so graduated as to indicate in pounds the working pressure of the steam in the boiler. WATER-GAUGES. No. 36. The water-guage shall consist of a glass tube placed conspicuously and of easy access, so that it may be cleaned or changed when required. No. 37. For boilers of great height, the glass tube is replaced by an apparatus so arranged as to show the workman in charge of the feeding the level of the water in the boiler No. 38.-Try-cocks-Cocks shall be placed on boilers at different heights. The water level must always be between those cocks. BOILER INSPECTION. No. 39. All new boilers and apparatus whose steam pressure exceeds six (6) pounds shall, before being used, but after being put up, be inspected and approved according to law and to the regulations. No. 40. The same formality will be required after any important repairs have been made. INSPECTORS OF BOILERS. No. 41. No one can perform the duties of boiler Inspector unless he fulfils the following conditions, viz; Ist.-He must be of the full age of twenty-one (21) years; 2nd.-He must be proved that his conduct is good; 3rd.-He must speak French and English, and write at least one (1) of these languages in a satisfactory manner; 4th.-He must hold a cerificate of competency from an examiner appointed for that purpose. No. 42. There shall be five (5) examiners of Inspectors of boilers for the Province of Quebec. No. 43. Examinations for the diploma of boiler Inspectors shall be held in the presence of at least three (3) of the examiners. No. 44. The diplomas awarded to boiler Inspectors can be cancelled at any time by the Minister of Colonization and of Public Works. No. 45. No Inspector can give a certificate if he is directly or indirectly interested in the construction or sale of the boiler to be examined, or in the establishment in which such boilers are placed. No. 46. If the boiler Inspector is satisfied he will deliver a certificate in duplicate as follows: CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTOR OF STEAM-BOILER. ...19 I, the undersigned, certify having examined and tested by hydrostatic pressure, the steam-boiler of M.... Name.. City County ..Industry . to a pressure of (..........)pounds to a square inch, and the same can carry with safety a pressure of. of steam or more. Safety Valve Steam guage Blow off valve Top valve Try valve Feed apparatus Apparatus under pressure. General care Name of fireman .pounds Certificate 1st, 2d, 3rd, or 4th class. Age of boiler Condition of boiler |