Section 24-3100. GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

3100.1The provisions of this chapter prescribe reasonable requirements governing the clearances above, beside, and between railroad tracks in the District of Columbia that are intended to prevent accidents and injuries to employees, and to reduce the human suffering and economic loss that result from injuries.

 

3100.2In all construction or reconstruction of railroad tracks or structures adjacent to railroad tracks, and on all railroads over which freight cars are operated or proposed to be operated, the minimum clearances authorized in this chapter shall be provided.

 

3100.3A railroad company shall not operate freight cars, locomotives, or other freight rolling equipment over tracks constructed after September 1, 1958, or over tracks adjacent to buildings constructed or reconstructed after September 1, 1958, if the clearances are less than those prescribed in this chapter.

 

authority

Unless otherwise noted, the authority for this chapter is the D.C. Minimum Wage Act approved September 19, 1918, 40 Stat. 960, D.C. Code §§36-401 through 36-422); as amended by An Act approved October 14, 1941, Title II entitled 'Industrial Safety,' 55 Stat. 738, D.C. Code §§36-431 through 36-442); paragraphs 283 and 284 of §402 of Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967; and Reorganization Order No. 36, C.O. 302, 853/14, June 16, 1953, as amended.

source

Sections 11-2601 and 11-2602, effective September 1, 1958, ch. 26, 5 DCR 28 (August 11, 1958); 11B DCRR.