Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 25, June 21, 2024
Section 36-25-4 - Track Haulage Locomotives4.1. No persons other than those necessary to operate a trip or car shall ride on any loaded car or on the outside of any car. Locomotives shall operate within the limits of its design capabilities and at speeds consistent with the conditions of the haulage road. Trailing locomotives shall be required on all trips except in instances where other equivalent means are approved by the Director. In instances where trailing locomotives are not used and approved equivalent measures exist, the locomotive operator shall have an assistant to assist him/her in his/her duties at all times. Where assistants are provided, safe riding facilities will be provided on the locomotive. In determining the approval for other equivalent means, the Director shall consider a plan certified by a registered engineer which specifies: 4.1.a. Size weight of locomotives utilized,4.1.b. Percent and distance of ascending grades, 4.1.c. Use of derails or other equivalent safeguards,4.1.d. The trailing load transported and number of cars in a trip.4.2. The Director may rescind the approval of any haulage plan for just cause. The approved equivalent means shall be posted on the mine bulletin board.