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| Shafts | 56.19100 – 56.19111 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.
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Shaft landings shall be equipped with substantial safety gates so constructed that materials will not go through or under them; gates shall be closed except when loading or unloading shaft conveyances.
Positive stopblocks or a derail switch shall be installed on all tracks leading to a shaft collar or landing.
A means shall be provided to guide the movement of a shaft conveyance.
Dumping facilities and loading pockets shall be constructed so as to minimize spillage into the shaft.
Suitable clearance at shaft stations shall be provided to allow safe movement of persons, equipment, and materials.
A safe means of passage around open shaft compartments shall be provided on landings with more than one entrance to the shaft.
Shaft sets shall be kept in good repair and clean of hazardous material.
Hoistmen shall be informed when persons are working in a compartment affected by that hoisting operation and a “Men Working in Shaft” sign shall be posted at the hoist.
When persons are working in a shaft “Men Working in Shaft” signs shall be posted at all devices controlling hoisting operations that may endanger such persons.
Shaft inspection and repair work in vertical shafts shall be performed from substantial platforms equipped with bonnets or equivalent overhead protection.
A substantial bulkhead or equivalent protection shall be provided above persons at work deepening a shaft.
Substantial fixed ladders shall be provided from the collar to as near the shaft bottom as practical during shaft-sinking operations, or an escape hoist powered by an emergency power source shall be provided. When persons are on the shaft bottom, a chain ladder, wire rope ladder, or other extension ladders shall be used from the fixed ladder or lower limit of the escape hoist to the shaft bottom.