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2007 Minnesota Statutes
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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 centerline 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.
History: (4758) 1913 c 307 s 6; 1913 c 448 s 1; 1980 c 460 s 22; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
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 centerline 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.
History: (4758) 1913 c 307 s 6; 1913 c 448 s 1; 1980 c 460 s 22; 1985 c 265 art 4 s 1
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