1999 Minnesota Statutes

     219.50 Obstructing space between tracks. 

    It is unlawful for a common carrier, person, or corporation 
 subject to sections 219.44 to 219.52 to permit the space between 
 or beside tracks that is ordinarily used by employees in the 
 discharge of their duties and is within 8-1/2 feet of the center 
 line of the track, to become or remain obstructed by a foreign 
 obstacle that will interfere with the work of the employees or 
 subject the employees to unnecessary hazard.  This space between 
 or beside the tracks and between the rails of the tracks must be 
 kept in a condition as to permit the employees to pass over or 
 between the tracks or to use the space day or night and under 
 all weather conditions without unnecessary hazard.  

    HIST: (4758) 1913 c 307 s 6; 1913 c 448 s 1; 1980 c 460 s 22; 
 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1