2005 Minnesota Statutes

     181.29 Certain railroad employees, hours.  

    It shall be unlawful for any railroad company within the 
 state, or any of its officers or agents, to require or permit 
 any employee engaged in or connected with the movement of any 
 rolling stock, engine, or train, to remain on duty more than 16 
 consecutive hours, or to require or permit any such employee who 
 has been on duty 16 consecutive hours to perform any further 
 service without having had at least eight hours' rest, or to 
 require or permit any such employee to be on duty at any time to 
 exceed 16 hours in any consecutive 24 hours.  This section shall 
 not apply to work performed in the protection of life or 
 property in cases of accident, wreck, or other unavoidable 
 casualty, and it shall not apply to the time necessary for train 
 workers to reach a resting place when an accident, wreck, 
 washout, snow blockade, or other unavoidable cause has delayed 
 their train.  

    HIST: (4092) 1907 c 253 s 1; 1986 c 444