Bare ActsKerala Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations, 2009

Section 64

Dock Railwavs

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(1) Sufficient clearance to ensure safety shall be allowed between structures or piles of cargo and railway track. (2) Locomotive drivers shall act only on signal given by an authorised person: Provided that stop signals always be acted upon, irrespective of their source. (3) Locomotives pulling or pushing wagons shall move dead slow and shall be preceded by a man on foot when passing through an area where dock workers are employed. (4) No locomotive or wagon shall be moved on a railway line until an efficient sound signal as a warning has been given by the man preceding it on foot where dock workers are working and whose safety is likely to be endangered, or any other point of danger to dock workers. (5) Cranes, ship's winches and derricks shall not be used to move railway wagons. (6) Dock workers shall not be employed inside open wagon when- (a) bulk cargo is being handled by means of grabs; or (b) steel cargo is being handled by means of electromagnets. (7) Locomotive used for pulling or pushing wagons shall be maintained in good repair and working order.

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