---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1918.25"
title: "29"
number: "1918.25"
heading: "Bridge plates and ramps (See also § 1918.86)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1918.25"
---

# §1918.25. Bridge plates and ramps (See also § 1918.86).

- (a) **Bridge and car plates (dockboards).** Bridge and car plates used afloat shall be well maintained and shall:
  - (1) Be strong enough to support the loads imposed on them;
  - (2) Be secured or equipped with devices to prevent their dislodgement;
  - (3) Be equipped with hand holds or other effective means to permit safe handling; and
  - (4) **Be designed, constructed, and maintained to prevent vehicles from running off the edge.** 3
- (b) **Portable ramps.** Portable ramps used afloat shall be well maintained and shall:
  - (1) Be strong enough to support the loads imposed on them;
  - (2) Be equipped with a railing meeting the requirements of [§ 1918.21(b)](/cfr/29/1918.21.md?p=b), if the slope is more than 20 degrees to the horizontal or if employees could fall more than four feet (1.22 m);
  - (3) Be equipped with a slip resistant surface;
  - (4) Be properly secured; and
  - (5) **Be designed, constructed, and maintained to prevent vehicles from running off the edge.** 4

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 40202, July 25, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 40944, June 30, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 941; 29 U.S.C. 653, 655, 657; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 12-71 (36 FR 8754), 8-76 (41 FR 25059), 9-83 (48 FR 35736), 1-90 (55 FR 9033), 6-96 (62 FR 111), 3-2000 (65 FR 50017), 5-2002 (67 FR 65008), 5-2007 (72 FR 31160), 4-2010 (75 FR 55355), 1-2012 (77 FR 3912), or 8-2020 (85 FR 58393), as applicable; and 29 CFR 1911. Sections 1918.90 and 1918.110 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 553. Section 1918.100 also issued under 49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq. and 5 U.S.C. 553.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 40202, July 25, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[62 FR 40202, July 25, 1997, as amended at 65 FR 40944, June 30, 2000]