389.895. Safety glass required in caboose--defined--exception--enforcement. - Missouri Statutes

Safety glass required in caboose--defined--exception--enforcement.

389.895. 1. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm,company, corporation, operating a railroad as a common carrier inthis state, to hereafter build and put into operation, any carused as a caboose which does not conform to the requirements ofthis section.

2. Wherever glass or glazing materials are used inpartitions, doors, windows, or wind deflectors, it shall be ofthe safety glass type. For the purpose of this subsection,safety glass is any type of glass or glazing material somanufactured, fabricated, treated or combined with othermaterials as to reduce, in comparison with ordinary sheet glassor plate glass, the likelihood of injury to persons by objects,other external sources, or by glass or glazing material when thesame is cracked or broken.

3. This section shall not apply to a caboose operated whollywithin yard limits.

4. The motor carrier and railroad safety division of the departmentof economic development of Missouri shall be empowered to enforce theforegoing subsections and prosecute any violation thereof.

(L. 1963 p. 502 §§ 1 to 4)

CROSS REFERENCE:

Division of motor carrier and railroad safety abolished, duties and functions transferred to highways and transportation commission and department of transportation, RSMo 226.008