Section 128. The owner of a cotton factory erected after May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, in which there is any traversing carriage of a self-acting mule installed, or of any cotton factory erected previously to such date in which thereafter such traversing carriage is installed, who permits such carriage to travel within twelve inches of any pillar, column, pier or fixed structure, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than fifty dollars.

Section 129. The openings of hoistways, hatchways and well holes upon every floor of an industrial establishment shall be protected by sufficient trap doors or self-closing hatches, or by such other safeguards as an inspector directs; and any such openings shall be kept so protected or so safeguarded at all times, except when in actual use, by the occupant of the building having the use and control of the same, or by the owner of the building having such control.

Section 129A. On any construction project carried on by any city, town, county or other subdivision of the commonwealth in which a trench is to be dug to a depth of five feet or more, except a trench for laying of water pipes dug to a depth of six and one-half feet which will be open less than forty-eight hours, such trench shall be shored and braced in conformity with the rules and regulations for the prevention of accidents in construction operations, as adopted and enforced by the attorney general.

Section 129B. Whoever, being engaged in construction work, requires or knowingly permits any person employed by him in such work to use certain devices, commonly called stilts, designed to be attached to the feet or legs of such employee for the purpose of elevating him to high placed or positioned work, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for the first offense, by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars for the second offense, and by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars for any subsequent offense.

This section of the Massachusetts General Law governs the installation or repair of live electric wires or electrical equipment. It applies to individuals or businesses engaged in the business of transmitting electricity or installing or repairing live wires or electrical equipment. The section prohibits the permitting of a journeyman or first class lineman to work on live wires in excess of seven hundred and fifty volts to ground without assistance from a qualified lineman or apprentice.

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.] Section 129D. No person shall be prohibited from riding in a division of professional licensure approved man-basket, so-called, carried by any hoisting machinery for the purpose of bungee jumping or for any other division of professional licensure approved activity. Chapter 149: Section 129D. Riding in man-basket carried by hoisting machinery for bungee jumping or other approved activity [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec.

Section 13. No person shall violate any reasonable rule, regulation, order or requirement made by the department under section six or eleven.

Section 130. Explosive or inflammable compounds or materials shall not be so stored or used in any place of employment as to obstruct or render hazardous the egress of employees in case of fire.

Section 131. Any person owning, managing or operating a factory where looms are used shall equip them with such guards or other devices as will prevent injury to employees from shuttles falling or being thrown from the looms. Such guards or devices shall be made of such material and be placed in such manner as shall be approved by the department. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars for every week during which the violation continues.

Section 132. No proprietor of a factory nor any officer or agent or other person shall require or permit the use of suction shuttles, or any form of shuttle in the use of which any part of the shuttle or any thread is put in the mouth or touched by the lips of the operator. Whoever violates this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars.