1926.600(a) General requirements.
1926.600(a)(1) All equipment left unattended at night, adjacent to a highway in normal use, or adjacent to
construction areas where work is in progress, shall have appropriate lights or reflectors, or barricades equipped with appropriate lights or
reflectors, to identify the location of the equipment.
1926.600(a)(2) A safety tire rack, cage, or equivalent protection shall be provided and used when inflating,
mounting, or dismounting tires installed on split rims, or rims equipped with locking rings or similar devices.
1926.600(a)(3) -
1926.600(a)(3)(i) Heavy machinery, equipment, or parts thereof, which are suspended or held aloft by use of slings,
hoists, or jacks shall be substantially blocked or cribbed to prevent falling or shifting before employees are permitted to work under or between
them. Bulldozer and scraper blades, end-loader buckets, dump bodies, and similar equipment, shall be either fully lowered or blocked when being
repaired or when not in use. All controls shall be in a neutral position, with the motors stopped and brakes set, unless work being performed requires
otherwise.
..1926.600(a)(3)(ii)
1926.600(a)(3)(ii) Whenever the equipment is parked, the parking brake shall be set. Equipment parked on inclines
shall have the wheels chocked and the parking brake set.
1926.600(a)(4) The use, care and charging of all batteries shall conform to the requirements of Subpart K of this
part.
1926.600(a)(5) All cab glass shall be safety glass, or equivalent, that introduces no visible distortion affecting
the safe operation of any machine covered by this subpart.
1926.600(a)(6) All equipment covered by this subpart shall comply with the requirements of 1926.550(a)(15) when
working or being moved in the vicinity of power lines or energized transmitters.
1926.600(a)(7) "Rolling railroad cars." Derail and/or bumper blocks shall be provided on spur railroad tracks where
a rolling car could contact other cars being worked, enter a building, work or traffic area.
1926.600(b) Specific requirements. [Reserved]
[44 FR 8577, Feb. 9, 1979; 44 FR 20940, Apr, 6, 1979, as amended at 58 FR 35183, June 30, 1993]
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