California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 17 - Mine Safety Orders › Article 17 - Loading, Hauling, and Dumping › General › Section 7024 - Mine Trains-Equipment and Practice

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) (9-9) Every locomotive shall be provided
						with an audible warning device capable of being heard at a distance of 200
						feet. Such a warning device shall be maintained in good working condition.
Operators shall sound warning before starting trains,
						  when trains approach crossings or other trains on adjacent tracks, and where
						  vision is obscured.
(b)
						Locomotives or trains operating at night shall be equipped with front and rear
						lights.
(c) Locomotives shall be
						equipped at both ends with adequate footboards and grab irons.
(d) (9-48) Every locomotive shall be equipped
						with brakes of sufficient capacity to control the train with reasonable safety
						and railroad cars with braking systems shall be equipped with effective brake
						shoes.
(e) (9-3) Before a
						locomotive is moved, the engineer shall make certain that the brakes are in
						operating condition. When the locomotive is not in operation the hand brake
						shall be set.
(f) No locomotive
						shall be left unattended unless it is locked or otherwise made
						inoperable.
(g) (9-98) Locomotives
						and cars moved by locomotives that are coupled and uncoupled in the course of
						their regular operation shall be equipped with automatic couplings with
						extension handles.
(h) Dump cars
						shall be equipped with positive locking devices to prevent accidental
						dumping.
(i) (9-97) Couplings shall
						not be shifted or lined up on moving cars or locomotives. If the couplings are
						not in line, the car or locomotive shall be stopped before they are shifted.
						Employees shall not stand on the rail while coupling or uncoupling
						cars.
(j) (9-47) When cars are
						uncoupled from a train they shall be secured against accidental
						movement.
(k) (9-45) No materials
						shall be carried on any locomotive unless such locomotive is equipped so that
						the materials can be carried safely.
Materials may be carried on locomotives equipped with
						  fixed boxes or trays or with raised edges high enough to keep the materials
						  safely in place.
No material that extends over the side or end of a
						  locomotive shall be carried on the locomotive.
(l) (9-45) The material on loaded cars shall
						be balanced and trimmed in order to prevent dislodging during
						transportation.
(m) Railroad
						equipment shall not be operated at a speed which will endanger
						employees.
(n) (9-50) Railcars
						shall not be left on side tracks unless ample clearance is provided for traffic
						on adjacent tracks.
(o) (9-51)
						Persons shall not go over, under, or between cars unless the train is stopped
						and the motorman has been notified and the notice acknowledged.
(p) (9-52) Inability of a motorman to clearly
						recognize his brakeman's signals, when the train is under the direction of the
						brakeman, shall be construed by the motorman as a stop signal.
(q) (9-54) A bumper or other device that will
						effectively prevent cars from going over the end of the track shall be provided
						at all dump points for ore or waste.
(r) (9-54) Safety chains, or other equally
						effective devices, shall be used to keep the cars from overturning while being
						dumped.