(5)To provide access to rail tracks or over head travelling cranes, suitable passage ways, of at least 50 cm. (20 inches) width with toe-boards and double hand rails 90 cm. (3 ft.) high, shall be provided alongside, and clear of the rail tracts of over head travelling [floor operated cranes where rail height is more than [24 feet] [Inserted by No. 2 dated 27.2.1985 [1.4.85]] or all cabin operated travelling] cranes, such that no moving part of the crane can strike persons on the ways and the passage way shall be at a lower level than the crane track itself. Safe access ladders shall be provided at suitable intervals to afford access to these passage ways and from passage ways to the rail tracks.
