Section 102 in The Building And Other Construction Workers '(Regulation Of Employment And Conditions Of Service) Central Rules, 1998
102. 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 prestressed concrete unit is not handled except at points on such unit and by the devices specified for such work by the manufacturer of such devices;(c)during transport, prestressed concrete girders or concrete beams are kept upright by bracing or other effective means;(d)anchor fittings for pretensioned strands of prestressed 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 prestressed concrete girders or concrete beams;(f)building workers do not cut wires of prestressed concrete girders or concrete beams under tension before such concrete used for such girders or beams is sufficiently hardened.
