Section 6-3 - Construction and Loading of Pipe Racks (a) General requirements. - (i) Construction of pipe racks shall be so designed as to support any load to be placed thereon.
- (A) Pipe racks shall be set level laterally on a stable foundation. They may slope front to back to facilitate laying down or picking up pipe.
- (B) Provision shall be made to prevent pipe, tubular material or other round material from rolling off pipe racks.
- (ii) No employee shall go between pipe racks and a load of pipe during loading, unloading and transferring operations.
- (A) Pipe shall be loaded and unloaded, layer by layer, with the bottom layer pinned or blocked securely on all four (4) corners, and each successive layer shall be effectively chocked or blocked.
- (B) Spacers shall be used, and evenly spaced, between the layers of pipe or material on the rack.
- (C) When pipe is being moved or transferred between pipe racks, truck and trailer, the temporary supports for skidding or rolling shall be so constructed, placed and anchored as to support the load that is placed on them.
- (iii) During weather of potential freezing, pipe standing on end shall be so positioned as to afford proper drainage.