Section 100 in The Orissa Building and Others Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2002
100. Stressed and tensioned elements.
- The employer shall ensure at a construction site of a building or construction work that-(a)building workers do not stand directly over jacking equipment while stressing of concrete girders and beams is being done;(b)a pre-stressed concrete unit is not handled except at points on such unit and by the devices specified for points on such unit and by the devices specified for such work by the manufacturer of such devices;(c)during transport, pre-stressed concrete girders or concrete beams are kept upright by bracing or other effective means;(d)anchor fittings pre-tensioned strands of pre-stressed concrete girders or concrete beams are kept in a safe condition in accordance with the instructions of manufacturer of such anchor fittings;(e)building workers do not stand behind jacks or in line with tensioning elements and jacking equipment during tensioning operations of pre-stressed concrete girders or concrete beams;(f)building workers do not cut wires of pre-stressed concrete girders or concrete beams under tension before such concrete used for such girders or beams is sufficiently hardened.
