Section 40 in Dock Workers (Safety, Health and Welfare) Scheme, 1961
40. Locomotives and wagons.
(1)Sufficient clearance to ensure safety shall be allowed between structures or piles cargo and railway trucks.(2)Locomotive drivers shall act only on signals given by an authorised person : provided that stop signals shall always be acted on irrespective of their source.(3)Locomotives pulling or pushing wagons shall move dead slow and shall be preceded by a man on foot when passing through area where dock workers are working.(4)Where it is necessary to move railway wagons more than a short distance without a locomotive, wagons shall move dead slow and be preceded by a man on foot when passing through an area where dock workers are working.(5)Before moving railway wagons, train crews shall make sure that all dock workers are out of the wagon and the danger zone.(6)Cranes, ship's winches and derricks shall not be used to move railway wagons.(7)No locomotive or wagon shall be moved on a railway line until an efficient sound signal as a warning has been given by the man preceding it on foot to dock workers whose safety is likely to be endangered, or on approaching any curve where sight is intercepted, or any other point of danger to dock workers.(8)Fly shunting in areas where dock workers are employed shall be prohibited and all trains shall be brought to a full-stop before any wagons are cut loose.(9)When a railway wagon or a group of wagons not directly connected to a locomotive is being moved, a person shall be appointed to control each wagon or group of wagons.(10)As far as practicable, idle wagons shall not be left standing on quays with short distances between them.(11)No dock worker shall cross a railway line by crawling or passing underneath a train or wagons or between adjacent wagons thereon where there may be risk of danger from traffic.(12)When dock workers are required to work between or beneath railway wagons, they shall be provided with look-out man responsible for giving them any necessary warnings.(13)No person under 18 years of age shall be employed as a locomotive driver or a shunter.(14)dock workers shall not be inside open wagons when-(a)bulk cargo is being handled by means of grabs ; or(b)metal stock is being handled by means of electromagnets.(15)Where open Wagons with swinging side doors are being emptied near passageways, or walkways, danger signs shall be placed at either end of the exposed sections.Handling of Cargo
