CFR > Title 29 - Labor > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER XVII—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (parts 1900 to 1990) > PART 1918—SAFETY AND HEALTH REGULATIONS FOR LONGSHORING > SUBPART H—Handling Cargo (§1918.81 to §1918.89) > 1918.87—Ship's cargo elevators.

1918.87—Ship's cargo elevators.

(a) Safe working load. The safe working loads of ship's cargo elevators shall be determined and followed.
(b) Load distribution. Loads shall be evenly distributed and maintained on the elevator's platform.
(c) Elevator personnel restrictions. Personnel shall not be permitted to ride on the elevator's platform if a fall hazard exists. (See § 1918.2.)
(d) Open deck barricades. During elevator operation, each open deck that presents a fall hazard to employees shall be effectively barricaded.