The employer shall ensure at a construction site of building or other construction work that,—
(a) every vehicle and earth moving machinery is made of good material, proper design and sound construction ; is sufficiently strong for the purpose, for which such machinery is used and is maintained in good state of repair and is properly used in accordance with standard safe operating practices :
Provided that the truck or trailer employed for transporting, freight containers are of the size, sufficient to carry the containers, without overhanging, and are provided with twist locks conforming to national standards, at all the four corners of each of such truck or trailer and such truck or trailer is certified for such use by an authority under the relevant law for the time being in force and is inspected by a responsible person, at least once in a month and record of such inspection is maintained ;
(b) all transport or earth moving machinery and vehicles are inspected at least once in a week by a responsible person and in case any defect is noticed in such machinery or vehicles, the same is immediately taken out of use for repairs ;
(c) power trucks and tractors are equipped with effective brakes, head lights and tail lamps, and are maintained in good repair and working order ;
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(d) side stanchions on power trucks and trailers for carrying heavy and long objects are,—
(i) of sound construction and free from defects ;
(ii) provided with tie chains attached to the top across the loads for preventing such stanchions from spreading out ; and
(iii) kept in position while loading and unloading ;
(e) safe gangways are provided for to and fro movement of building workers engaged in loading and unloading of lorries, trucks, and wagons ;
(f) trucks and other equipments are not loaded beyond their safe carrying capacity, which shall be clearly marked on such trucks and other equipment ;
(g) handles of hand trucks are so designed as to protect the hands of the building workers working on such trucks, or such handles are provided with knuckle guards ;
(h) no unauthorised person rides the transport machinery employed in such work ;
(i) a driver of a transport machinery manoeuvres such equipment under the direction of signaller ;
(j) adequate precautions such as isolating the electric supply or erecting overhead barriers of a safe height, are taken when earth moving machinery or vehicles are required to operate in dangerous proximity to any live electric conductor ;
(k) vehicles and earth moving machineries are not left on a slope with the engine of such vehicles or equipment running ; and
(l) all earth moving machineries, vehicles or other transport equipment are operated only by such persons, who are adequately trained and possess such skills as are required for safe operation of such machinery, vehicle or other transport equipment.