2016 New York Laws
RRD - Railroad
Article 3 - (Railroad) CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT
77-A - First-aid equipment on locomotives.

NY RR L § 77-A (2016) What's This?

77-a. First-aid equipment on locomotives. It shall be unlawful to operate a locomotive outside the designated yard limits of any railroad in the state of New York unless said locomotive shall be equipped with a first-aid kit containing necessary emergency medical equipment and supplies.

Said kit shall include as minimum supplies:

1 roll of 1-inch wide gauze bandage -- minimum of 10 yards.

1 roll of 1-inch wide adhesive tape -- minimum of 5 yards.

1 package of absorbent gauze compresses, at least 3 inches by 3 inches -- minimum of 6 in number.

At least 12 -- 1-inch individual sanitary band aids.

Bottle of iodine or mercurochrome or tincture of methyolate, or an equivalent antiseptic, minimum of 1 ounce bottle.

Minimum of 2 ounce bottle of smelling salts or six ampoules of spirits of ammonia.

Minimum of 3 ounce bottle of a standard eye wash preparation, with necessary eye wash glass.

Jar or tube of white petroleum jelly or unguentine for burns.

All above material shall be packed in a suitable metal box or container and be sealed.

Items, as used, should be replaced within twenty-four hours by properly designated railroad personnel and such kit resealed for future use. It shall be unlawful to remove or use any such first-aid kit, or any supplies contained in any such kit, for other than first-aid purposes. Violation of said provisions shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.


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