45.1-161.268 - Haulage and mobile equipment; operating condition.
§ 45.1-161.268. Haulage and mobile equipment; operating condition.
A. All mobile equipment shall be maintained in a safe operating condition.
B. Positive-acting stopblocks shall be used where necessary to protectpersons from danger of moving or runaway haulage equipment.
C. Where it is necessary for men to cross conveyors regularly, suitablecrossing facilities shall be provided.
D. Persons shall not get on or off moving equipment.
E. When the equipment operator is present, persons shall notify him beforegetting on or off mobile equipment.
F. Mobile equipment shall not be left unattended unless brakes are set.Mobile equipment with wheels or tracks, when parked on a grade, shall eitherbe blocked or turned into a bank unless the lowering of the bucket or bladeto the ground will prevent movement.
G. Persons shall not work on or from a piece of mobile equipment in a raisedposition unless the equipment is specifically designed to lift persons.
H. Water, debris or spilled materials which may create hazards to movingequipment shall be removed.
I. Where seating facilities are provided on self-propelled mobile equipment,the operator shall be seated before such equipment is moved. No person shallbe allowed to ride on top of self-propelled mobile equipment.
J. Operators of self-propelled haulage equipment shall sound a warning beforestarting such equipment and as approaching any place where persons are or arelikely to be.
K. Each man-trip shall be under the charge of an authorized person, andoperated independently.
L. Operator provided man-trips shall be maintained in safe operatingcondition, and enough of them shall be provided to prevent their beingoverloaded.
M. Employees shall not board or leave moving man-trips; they shall remainseated while in moving cars, and shall proceed in an orderly manner to andfrom man-trips.
(Code 1950, §§ 45-69.1 to 45-69.3, 45-69.5; 1954, c. 191; 1966, c. 594, §§45.1-71 to 45.1-74; 1979, c. 315; 1983, c. 70; 1985, cc. 296, 302; 1994, c.28.)