40-841. Duty of commission to prescribe standards of safety and safety devices For the purpose of protecting the health and safety of employees of railroads, the Arizona corporation commission shall prescribe standards of safety and safety devices requiring: 1. Installation and maintenance by railroads of electric marker warning lights on the rear of all trains […]
40-842. Service of complaint; answer; hearing; intervention When an employee files a complaint with the commission charging violation of regulations of the commission, or the commission upon its own initiative issues a complaint, the person complained of shall be served with a copy thereof and shall, within twenty days, file a written answer with the […]
40-843. Order of decision upon hearing; allowance of time for compliance with order; review of order by superior court; appeal A. Within forty-five days after conclusion of a hearing held under the provisions of this article, the commission shall issue an order dismissing the complaint or requiring compliance with a regulation of the commission. The […]
40-844. Enforcement of article; compliance with commission regulations and orders A. All persons engaged in the operation of railroads shall comply with any regulation or order of the commission issued under the provisions of this article, and to furnish any information required by the commission for purposes of this article. B. The commission or its […]
40-845. Violation; penalty; action to collect penalty A. Any person failing to comply with an order or regulation of the commission authorized by this article shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each day of noncompliance. B. The attorney general shall file an action on behalf of the state for any unpaid […]
40-846. Electric headlights; violation; penalty A. Every railroad corporation, or receiver or lessee thereof, shall equip its locomotives used in the transportation of trains over the railroad, except locomotives regularly used in switching cars or trains, with electric headlights of not less than fifteen hundred candle power measured without the aid of a reflector. B. […]
40-847. Bells on locomotives; violation; penalties A. Each railroad corporation shall equip its locomotives with a bell weighing not less than twenty pounds. B. Any railroad corporation which fails to comply with subsection A of this section is liable for a penalty of one hundred dollars which shall be recovered by an action filed by […]
40-848. Automatic bell ringer required; violation; classification A. It is unlawful for any railroad to operate on its tracks within the state an engine not equipped with an automatically operated bell ringer for ringing the bell on the engine, which will cause the bell on the engine to continue to ring after being set in […]
40-849. Transportation of employees; equipment required; violation; classification; time to comply A. It is unlawful for an owner or operator of a common carrier railroad to transport its employees in, or for such purpose to furnish its employees with, a rail motor car not having the following equipment: 1. A transparent windshield made of safety […]
40-852. Allowing engine or car to remain upon public crossing; classification An engineer, conductor or other employee or officer of a railroad company who permits a locomotive or cars to be or remain upon the crossing of a public highway over such railway so as to obstruct travel over the crossing for a period exceeding […]
40-854. Failure to warn at public crossing; classification A person in charge of a railroad locomotive who before crossing any traveled public way omits to cause the bell to ring or a whistle, siren or other sounding device to sound at a distance of at least eighty rods from a crossing and until it is […]
40-855. Violation of duty by railroad officer or employee; classification An officer, agent or servant of a railroad company who is guilty of any criminally negligent violation or omission of his duty as such officer, agent or servant, whereby human life or safety is endangered, the punishment of which is not otherwise prescribed, is guilty […]
40-856. Railroad police; powers; qualifications; liability of company A. Any railroad company may appoint one or more persons to be designated by such railroad company as railroad police to aid and supplement the law enforcement agencies of this state in the protection of railroad property and the protection of the persons and property of railroad […]
