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  • Thumbnail for Railroad Safety Appliance Act
    The Safety Appliance Act is a United States federal law that made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains in the United States. It was...
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    minimal. The first federal safety legislation was enacted in the Progressive period. In 1893, Congress passed the Safety Appliance Act, the first federal statute...
    23 KB (2,566 words) - 22:07, 18 August 2024
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    subsequent legislation. The 1893 Railroad Safety Appliance Act gave the ICC jurisdiction over railroad safety, removing this authority from the states...
    34 KB (3,805 words) - 11:55, 6 July 2024
  • Regulations 1989 and New Zealand by the Electricity Act. A typical example of a Class 0 appliance is the old style of Christmas fairy lights. However...
    9 KB (1,195 words) - 06:11, 5 August 2024
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    is the law that governs electrical appliance safety in Japan. PSE stands for Product Safety Electrical Appliance & Material. The formal name is Denki...
    2 KB (225 words) - 10:04, 3 April 2023
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    A home appliance, also referred to as a domestic appliance, an electric appliance or a household appliance, is a machine which assists in household functions...
    19 KB (1,714 words) - 02:57, 19 August 2024
  • Supreme Court. It interpreted the words "any car" in the Railroad Safety Appliance Act, prohibiting common carriers moving interstate commerce from using...
    7 KB (977 words) - 02:27, 13 September 2023
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    a swaying boxcar. In the U.S., an 1893 federal law, the Railroad Safety Appliance Act, required automatic brakes on all railroads, effective in 1900. Handbrake...
    18 KB (2,262 words) - 07:57, 30 June 2024
  • manipulated safely, the US Congress passed the Safety Appliance Act. Its success in promoting switch-yard safety was stunning. Between 1877 and 1887, approximately...
    28 KB (3,224 words) - 16:53, 8 June 2024
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    In electrical safety testing, portable appliance testing (PAT, PAT inspection or PAT testing) is a process by which electrical appliances are routinely...
    32 KB (4,549 words) - 16:36, 30 August 2024
  • railway brakes include: Dark territory Positive train control Railroad Safety Appliance Act Category:Runaway train disasters "Runaway Indian train travels 70km...
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    difficult for interstate rail carriers, and Congress passed the Safety Appliance Act in 1893 to provide a uniform standard.: 6–7  The law required railroads...
    103 KB (12,726 words) - 04:36, 16 August 2024
  • the Elkins Act of 1903, the Hepburn Act of 1906, the Mann–Elkins Act of 1910, and the Valuation Act of 1913. The Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 was...
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    allowing freight cars to be interchanged throughout the continent. The Safety Appliance Act of 1893 made air brakes and automatic couplers mandatory on all trains...
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    by suffocation in a refrigerator or other air-tight appliance. Because, by design, such appliances are air-tight when closed, a person entrapped inside...
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    Irrigation Act 3 Improvement of waterways and reservation of water power 4 Hepburn Rate Act 5 Employers Liability Act 6 Safety Appliance Act 7 Regulation...
    45 KB (5,809 words) - 15:50, 22 July 2024
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    Grab bar (redirect from Safety bar)
    were required on U.S. railroad cars by the Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) guidelines describe...
    9 KB (1,325 words) - 23:10, 14 August 2024
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    Watch official guidelines for railroad chronometers. 1893: Railroad Safety Appliance Act requires air brakes and automatic couplers on all trains, which greatly...
    32 KB (4,010 words) - 03:41, 4 November 2023
  • merged to form South African Railways. June 6 – The US Railroad Safety Appliance Act of 1893 is further extended to mandate that no less than 85% of all...
    11 KB (1,150 words) - 07:42, 3 December 2023
  • Southern Railway Co. v. United States (category Railway safety)
    state lines, not to train cars that operated inside one state. The Safety Appliance Act of March 2, 1893, 27 Stat. 531, c. 196: ...imposed upon every carrier...
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