Section 218 in The Orissa Building and Others Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2002
218. Operation of pile driving equipment.
- The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or other construction work that-(a)only experienced and training building worker operators pile-driving so as to avoid any probable danger from such operation;(b)pile driving operations are governed by generally prevalent and accepted signals so as to prevent any probable danger from such operation;(c)every building worker employed in pile driving operation or in the vicinity of such pile driving operation wears, ear protection and safety helmet or hard hat and safety shoes.(d)piles are prepared at a distance, at least equal to twice the length of the longest pile, from the place of pile-driving operations;(e)when a pile driver is not in use, the hammer of such pile driver is blocked at the bottom of the heads of such pile driver.
