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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 438-OCT. 14, 1941 Variations from rules. Proviso. Director of Indus- trial Safety. 42 Stat. 1488 . 5 U. S. C. §5661-674. Ante, p. 613. Employer to furnish safe place of employ- ment. To furnish required information. Report of injury, death, or disease. D. C. Code §§ 36- 501, 36-502 . Record of employee. Authority to exam- ine place of employ- ment. Office space, etc., for Board. Report. Punishment for vio- lations Appropriations authorized. "SEC. 6. The Board may, upon written application of any employer affected by such rule or regulation, permit variations from any provi- sions thereof if it shall find that the application of such provision would result in unnecessary hardship or practical difficulty: Provided, however, That the Board shall keep a properly indexed record of all variations permitted from any rule or regulation which shall be open to public inspection. SEo. 7. The Board is hereby authorized to employ a Director of Industrial Safety, who shall not be a member of the Board and whose compensation shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. The Director shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Board in administering the provisions of this title. "SEC. 8. (a) Every employer shall furnish a place of employment which shall be reasonably safe for employees, shall furnish and use safety devices and safeguards, and shall adopt and use practices, means, methods, operations, and processes which are reasonably safe and adequate to render such employment and place of employment reasonably safe. "(b) Every employer shall furnish to the Board any information which the Board is authorized to require and shall make true and specific answers to all questions. "(c) Every employer shall submit to the Board within ten days from the date of any injury or death, or from the date that the employer has knowledge of any disease or infection resulting from any injury, a duplicate copy of the report provided for in section 30 of the Act of March 4 1927 (44 Stat. 1439; U. S . C., title 33, sec. 930), as made applicable to the District of Columbia by the Act of May 17, 1928 (45 Stat. 600). "(d) Every employer shall keep an accurate record of every person employed by him so as to be able in case of accident immediately to give an accurate record relative to same. "SEC. 9. (a) The Board, or any officer or employee acting under its authority, shall have the authority, at any reasonable time, to enter any place where an employment covered by this title is being carried on, and to examine any structure, tool, appliance, machinery, or process used in or connected with such employment. No employer or other persons shall refuse to admit any member of the Board or its authorized representative to any such place or to permit any such examination. "SEC. 10. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall fur- nish the Board with such office space, furniture and equipment, sta- tionery, books, books of reference, and other supplies as are necessary for the discharge of its duties under this title. "SEC. 11 . The Board shall annually, on or before the 1st day of July, file with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a report covering its activities under this title. "SEC. 12 . Whoever violates any of the provisions of this title, or any rules or regulations promulgated hereunder, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor; and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $300, or by imprisonment of not exceeding ninety days. Prosecutions for violations of this title shall be in the name of the District of Columbia on information filed in the police court of the District of Columbia by the corporation counsel or one of his assistants. "SEa. 13. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of the revenues for the District of Columbia, a sum not to exceed $15,000 per annum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the proper administration of this title. 740 [55 STAT.

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