814 Heavy Equipment Safety

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Striking People and Collision with Other Equipment

Heavy equipment usually operates in close proximity to other heavy equipment and on-foot workers.

Preventing Powered Haulage Accidents

The path of the equipment within the work space constantly changes. The interactions between the heavy equipment and on-foot workers are not always coordinated.

Caught Between Equipment and Objects

Many incidents have occurred in work areas where on-foot workers are caught between heavy equipment and other fixed objects or crushed between the equipment. This happens more often when the turning radius for the equipment or trucks is not wide enough at the entry and exit points of the work space within the work zone.

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2-2. When are workers more likely to get caught between heavy equipment and other fixed objects?

When the turning radius for the equipment is wide enough at the entry and exit points of the work space within the work zone

When the turning radius for the equipment is not wide enough at the entry and exit points of the work space within the work zone

In a quiet work environment that allows a worker to hear heavy equipment

When warning sirens are active while heavy equipment is reversing

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