• Part Number:
    1918
  • Part Number Title:
    Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring
  • Subpart:
    1918 Subpart C
  • Subpart Title:
    Gangways and Other Means of Access
  • Standard Number:
  • Title:
    Bridge plates and ramps (See also §1918.86).
  • GPO Source:
    e-CFR
1918.25(a)

Bridge and car plates (dockboards). Bridge and car plates used afloat shall be well maintained and shall:

1918.25(a)(1)
Be strong enough to support the loads imposed on them;
1918.25(a)(2)
Be secured or equipped with devices to prevent their dislodgement;
1918.25(a)(3)
Be equipped with hand holds or other effective means to permit safe handling; and
1918.25(a)(4)

Be designed, constructed, and maintained to prevent vehicles from running off the edge.[3]

1918.25(b)

Portable ramps. Portable ramps used afloat shall be well maintained and shall:

1918.25(b)(1)
Be strong enough to support the loads imposed on them;
1918.25(b)(2)
Be equipped with a railing meeting the requirements of § 1918.21(b), if the slope is more than 20 degrees to the horizontal or if employees could fall more than four feet (1.22 m);
1918.25(b)(3)
Be equipped with a slip resistant surface;
1918.25(b)(4)
Be properly secured; and
1918.25(b)(5)

Be designed, constructed, and maintained to prevent vehicles from running off the edge.[4]

[3] When the gap to be bridged is greater than 36 inches (.91m), an acceptalbe means of preventing vehicles from running off the edge is a minimum side board height of two and three-quarter inches.

[4] When the gap to be bridged is greater than 36 inches (.91m), an acceptable means of preventing vehicles from running off the edge is a minimum side board height of two and three-quarter inches.

[62 FR 40141, July 25, 1997; 65 FR 40944, June 30, 2000]