Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.1473

Current through Vol. 24-17, October 1, 2024

Section R. 460.1473 - Running facilities

Rule 3.

(1) Adequate toilet facilities shall be made available for trainmen, enginemen and yardmen, after hearing thereon and order by the commission, which toilet facilities shall be kept in a reasonably clean and sanitary condition.

(2) All yard diesels shall have the floors cleaned and the windows washed at reasonable intervals.

(3) All cabooses shall have the interior washed once each year. Road cabooses used on trains handling ore in open top equipment, and all yard and transfer cabooses, shall have the floors scrubbed or mopped once each month. Other road cabooses on any run shall have the floors scrubbed or mopped once each month, if the crew using same request it. Windows on all cabooses shall be washed once a month, except in freezing weather.

(4) When required by the season of the year, doors and windows of cabooses shall be equipped with adequate metal stripping. Similarly, when required by the season of the year, cabooses shall be equipped with screen doors or screen panels, and windows on each side of each caboose shall be screened. Sliding screen windows, however, shall be deemed adequate.

(5) An adequate supply of cool, sanitary water, satisfactory for drinking purposes, shall be made available for the use of trainmen, enginemen and yardmen. Suitable sanitary containers, equipped with a faucet or other dispenser, shall be maintained on cabooses and locomotives, and individual drinking cups shall be furnished by the company.

(6) Every caboose used in any train in this state, regardless of service, shall be provided with a stove or other adequate means of heating. A sufficient amount of fuel for the trip or shift shall be made available.

(7) Baggage and express cars, when occupied by employees coming under the provisions of this act, will be so arranged in the train that employees required to ride such cars will have access to the drinking water, toilet and washing facilities provided in a coach in said train; and, if it is found impractical to so arrange said cars in the train, then drinking water, toilet and washing facilities must be furnished for the employees riding said cars upon formal order of and by the commission.

Mich. Admin. Code R. 460.1473

1944 ACS 18; 1954 AC; 1954 ACS 1, Eff. Mar. 18, 1955; 1979 AC