292.510. Shafts or openings to be enclosed--railroads excepted. - Missouri Statutes

Shafts or openings to be enclosed--railroads excepted.

292.510. If the elevating machines or hoisting apparatus areused within a building in the course of constructing for thepurpose of lifting material to be used in such construction, thecontractor or owner shall cause the shafts or openings on floorwhere material is loaded to be completely enclosed on all sides;except opening not over eight feet high and the width of theelevating machines for loading purposes. On the other floors theshafts and all other openings shall be enclosed or fenced in onall sides by a substantial barrier or railing at least three feetin height; provided, however, that nothing in sections 292.450 to292.540 shall apply to railroad corporations or companies who areusing their own employees in the construction or repairing of anystructure mentioned herein.

(RSMo 1939 § 10232)

Prior revision: 1929 § 13275