Section 220 in The Building And Other Construction Workers '(Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Central Rules, 1998
220. 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 trained building worker operates 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 operations;(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.
