Safe and direct access shall be provided to all drives, auxiliaries, electrical equipment, including limit switches and junction boxes, lubricating points and all other areas of the structure where switches, indicators or pivots of any type are installed. Ready access shall also be available between parts of the machine which move to one another.

All walkway and stairways shall be minimum 750mm clear width unless otherwise specified.

Platform, walkways, stairs, ladders and handrails shall comply with requirements.

All structural steel surfaces intended for access shall be treated with proprietary approved non-slip surface. All other surfaces intended for pedestrian access shall consist of hot dip galvanized welded flat bar grating unless otherwise specified. Angular pattern floor plate shall not be used except in front of electrical cubicles or over structural members where spillage can be trapped by grating.

Stairways shall be of uniform slope and stair treads shall be hot dip galvanized grating with floor plate nosings.  

Hand railing shall preferably be of proprietary tubular with all joints seal welded.

Equipment and other mechanical components shall be designed throughout with special attention to accessibility permitting inspection, maintenance and renewal of parts with minimum of delay. Travelling truck wheels, pulley assemblies, etc. shall be readily removable. Wherever possible, each gear, pinion, shaft, coupling, bearing, shall be readily removable without disturbing other parts. Lubrication and hydraulic fittings shall be readily accessible. All replaceable components shall be accessible either to a maintenance hoist provided on board or to mobile cranes from ground level.