---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 1918.83"
title: "29"
number: "1918.83"
heading: "Stowed cargo; tiering and breaking down."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/1918.83"
---

# §1918.83. Stowed cargo; tiering and breaking down.

- (a) When necessary to protect personnel working in a hold, the employer shall secure or block stowed cargo that is likely to shift or roll.
- (b) In breaking down stowed cargo, precautions shall be taken to prevent remaining cargo from falling.
- (c) Employees trimming bulk cargo shall be checked in and out by the job boss. Before securing any reefer compartment, a check shall be made to ensure that no employee remains inside. Frequent checks shall be made to ensure the safety of any employee working alone in a tank or cargo compartment.

## Notes

### 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.