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Subchapter 7. General Industry Safety Orders
Group 4. General Mobile Equipment and Auxiliaries
Article 29. Industrial Railroads
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§3741. Side Clearances for Narrow Gage Industrial Railroad Tracks.


(a) The minimum side clearance from the side of the widest car operated shall be not less then 30 inches from stationary machines, equipment, or structures.

(b) The minimum side clearance from the side of the widest car operated shall be not less than 30 inches from piled or stacked material or other movable equipment or structures.

(c) The minimum distance between the center lines of parallel tangent tracks shall be not less than the width of the widest car operated plus 24 inches.

NOTE: Authority cited: Section 142.3, Labor Code. Reference: Section 142.3, Labor Code.

HISTORY

1. Amendment filed 9-11-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 37).

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