Haulage and mobile equipment; operating condition
Effective Jul 1, 2021Code 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, § 45.1-161.268; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.
- A. All mobile equipment shall be maintained in a safe operating condition.
- B. Positive-acting stopblocks shall be used where necessary to protect persons from the danger of moving or runaway haulage equipment.
- C. Where it is necessary for persons to cross conveyors regularly, suitable crossing facilities shall be provided.
- D. No person shall get on or off moving equipment.
- E. When the equipment operator is present, any person getting on or off mobile equipment shall notify the operator before doing so.
- F. Mobile equipment shall not be left unattended unless the brakes are set. Mobile equipment with wheels or tracks, when parked on a grade, shall either be blocked or turned in to a bank unless the lowering of the bucket or blade to the ground will prevent movement and such bucket or blade is lowered.
- G. No person shall work on or from a piece of mobile equipment in a raised position unless the equipment is specifically designed to lift a person.
- H. Water, debris, or spilled materials that could create a hazard to moving equipment 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 shall be allowed to ride on top of self-propelled mobile equipment.
- J. The operator of a piece of self-propelled haulage equipment shall sound a warning before he starts such equipment and as he approaches any place where a person is or is likely to be.
- K. Each mantrip shall be operated independently under the charge of an authorized person.
- L. Each mantrip shall be maintained in safe operating condition. Mantrips shall be provided in sufficient number to prevent any mantrip from becoming overloaded.
- M. No employee shall board or leave a moving mantrip. Each employee shall remain seated while in a moving car and shall proceed in an orderly manner to and from a mantrip.
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, § 45.1-161.268; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 387.