The Department of Labor and Industry

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Identifikator:: 1827881585

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-221260

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The Department of Labor and Industry

Place of publication:: Harrisburg

Publisher:: Dep. of Labor and Industry

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: 68 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Bureau of industrial standards

Collection:: Economics Books

21) Standards Association is an attempt to bring about greater uniform- ity in the development of safety regulations by the various regulatory trade associations, insurance companies and rating bureaus. The desirability of cooperating in this movement was evident to the De- partment whenever it endeavored to collect material for the develop- ment of regulations on a particular subject. National codes are de- veloped by the best minds in the country and the Department, there- fore, has the opportunity of taking advantage of expert opinion, which it could not do if it had to pay for such service. An additional advantage to the Department in adopting the na- tional codes as a basis for state codes, is that it simplifies inspection work. The national codes are being used by national trade associa- tions as standards to be used by their members in the manufacture of their products. This means that machinery and equipment will be sold direct to Pennsylvania industries in a form acceptable to the De- partment making it unnecessary to issue orders for the purchasing of this equipment. It will mean that in an industry, such as the con- tracting industry, the members of which no longer confine themselves to a particular locality in which to work but who go out for business everywhere, can be assured that their equipment will be acceptable wherever they go and that they will know and understand the rules and regulations that they will be required to comply with. For these and many reasons the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Indus- try has joined the ranks of other forward looking states and is using national codes as the basis of the state regulations whenever this is ossible. ° Whenever national codes are not used, the Research Section con- ucts its own investigation and from the data collected prepares a tentative draft of the proposed regulations. An advisory committee from the industry to be affected by the regulation is appointed to whom is referred this tentative draft. This committee composed of :mployers, employes, technicians, and members of the Department, ase this tentative draft as a basis for discussions and for preparation of a new draft for presentation to the Department. One such advisory committee is now cooperating with the Bureau in the development of the new Fire and Panic Regulations. Clarence W. Brazer, President of the Pennsylvania Institute of Architects, assisted in the formation of this committee, which is composed of Irwin T. Catharine and George I. Lovatt, both of Philadelphia; Julian Millard, Harrisburg; G. Wes- ley Stickle, Erie; and Donald F. Innes, Wilkes-Barre. From this point, the procedure in the development of regulations is the same whether the national code plan or the state committee plan ls used in preparation of the tentative draft. The draft of the regu- lation is sent to the Industrial Board in order that it may hold public hearings on the regulations to determine whether they shall be ap- proved for promulgation. A copy is also sent to the Bureau of In- spection for its eriticism from the viewpoint of their practical experi- ence. The criticism received by the Industrial Board in this way is reviewed by the Bureau of Industrial Standards, and a final draft of the regulations prepared, which is again submitted to the Industrial Board for final approval. Promulgation by the Secretary of Labor and Industry immediately follows approval. This outline of the procedure followed by the Bureau of Industrial Standards in the development of regulations indicates the effort that

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