Section 041-32-7 - Engineers-in-Charge (Duties and Responsibilities)A. Persons designated engineers-in-charge are responsible for the safe and proper operation and maintenance of the power boilers over which they have charge. Note: The engineer-in-charge has the responsibility to ensure that each plant is properly staffed for safe operation. The guidelines established in rule for attendance requirements are a minimum. The circumstances in any plant may require increased attendance of licensed personnel. This is especially a concern in plants that experience substantial fluctuation in output.
B. Duties relating to the operation and maintenance of a power boiler must be performed by a stationary steam engineer under the direct authority of the engineer-in-charge.C. On each regularly scheduled work day, the engineer-in-charge must visit the plant and leave instructions for the stationary steam engineers who will operate the power boiler. On those days that the engineer-in-charge is not scheduled to work, the engineer-in- charge must leave written instructions for the stationary steam engineers. The instructions provided by the engineer-in-charge must be made available to the Chief Inspector upon request.D. The engineer-in-charge must train other stationary steam engineers under the supervision of the engineer-in-charge.E. The engineer-in-charge must maintain a bound engineer's log book in ink and must ensure that the log book is maintained to adequately document plant operating parameters.02-041 C.M.R. ch. 32, § 7