§ 1915.95 - Ship repairing and shipbuilding work on or in the vicinity of radar and radio.  


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  • The provisions of this section shall apply to ship repairing and shipbuilding.

    (a) No employees other than radar or radio repairmen shall be permitted to work on masts, king posts or other aloft areas unless the radar and radio are secured or otherwise made incapable of radiation. In either event, the radio and radar shall be appropriately tagged.

    (b) Testing of radar or radio shall not be done until the employer can schedule such tests at a time when no work is in progress aloft or personnel can be cleared from the danger area according to minimum safe distances established for and based on the type, model, and power of the equipment.