Section 88 in Bihar Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2005
88. Earth moving equipment and vehicles.
- The employer shall ensure at a construction site of building or other construction work that-(a)all vehicles and earth moving equipment are made of good material, proper design and sound construction and are sufficiently strong for the purpose for which such equipment are used and are maintained in good state of repair and are properly used in accordance with standard safe operating practices:Provided that the truck or trailer employed for transporting freight containers are of the size sufficient to carry the containers, without overhanging and are provided with twist locks conforming to national standards, at all the four corners of each of such truck or trailers are certified for such use by an authority under the relevant law for the time being in force and is inspected by a responsible person, at least once in a month and record of such inspections maintained.(b)all transport or earth moving equipment and vehicles are inspected at least once a week by a responsible person and in case any defect is noticed in such equipment or vehicle, it is immediately taken out of use;(c)power trucks and tractors are equipped with effective brakes, head lights and tail lamps and are maintained in good repair and working order; "c(d)side stanchions on power trucks and trailers for carrying heavy and long objects are-(i)of sound construction and free from defects;(ii)provided with tie chains attached to the top across the loads for preventing such stanchions from spreading cut; and(iii)kept in position while loading and unloading;(e)safe gangways are provided for to and fro movement of building workers engaged in loading and unloading of lorries, trucks, trailers and wagons;(f)trucks and other equipment are not loaded beyond their safe carrying capacity which shall be clearly marked on such trucks and other equipment;(g)handles of hand trucks are so designed as to protect the hands of the building workers working on such trucks, or such handles are provided with knuckle guards;(h)no unauthorised person rides the transport equipment employed in such work;(i)a driver of transport equipment manoeuvres such equipment under the direction of a signaller;(j)adequate precaution such as isolating the electric supply or erecting overhead barriers of a safe height is taken when earth moving equipment or vehicles are required to operate in dangerous proximity to any live electric conductor;(k)vehicles and earth moving equipments are not left on a slope with the engine of such vehicles or equipment running;(I)all earth moving equipments, vehicles or other transport equipment are operated only by such person who are adequately trained and possess such skill as are required for safe operation of such equipment, vehicle or other transport equipment.
