Pinned Between Equipment, Materials, or Other Objects
To protect yourself from being pinned between equipment, materials, or objects you must:
- be aware at all times of the equipment around you and stay a safe distance from it;
- never place yourself between moving materials and an immovable structure, vehicle, or stacked materials;
- make sure all loads carried by equipment are stable and secured;
- stay out of the swing radius of cranes and other equipment; and
- wear a seat belt, if required, to avoid being thrown from a vehicle and then potentially being crushed by the vehicle if it tips over.
The employer is required to take measures to prevent workers from being pinned between equipment and a solid object, such as:
- a wall or another piece of equipment;
- between materials being stacked or stored and a solid object; and
- between shoring and construction materials in a trench.
Other measures the employer is required to take include the following:
Forklift Accident
- Ensure only the personnel absolutely necessary to the work during demolition operations are allowed in the work area when balling or clamming is being performed.
- Make sure that proper bracing is used between heavy plates used as shoring in a trench.
- Carefully arrange the path of travel when loading/unloading, stacking, and storing materials so that no workers will be caught between materials and moving equipment or between materials and a wall.
Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.
4-4. Which of the following measures is effective in preventing a pinned-between accident?
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