Section 45 in Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Scheme, 1961
45. Precautions against falling material.
- In the case of double banking, where dock workers are required to work on a stage and other dock workers are at work directly beneath such stage, adequate measures shall be taken to prevent the fall of articles or materials. In particular-(a)the planks forming a stage on the outside of the ship shall be maintained in such a position that no article or material can fall between them ; and(b)the inside plank of the upper stage shall be placed as near as possible to the ship's side and the outer plank shall extend beyond the edge of the stage below.
