STRUCK BY HAZARDS

MATERIAL HANDLING

1. Material Handling
   • Avoiding overhead suspended loads
   • Awareness of workers surroundings
   • Proximity in relation to other trades activities
   • Coordination of construction sequencing
2. Barricading swing radius of equipment, cranes, pier drillers, track hoes, etc…
3. Proper tool inspections, proper equipment inspections
4. Tools, equipment, and materials not being stored too close to excavation edges and edges of buildings
5. Guardrail system with toe boards installed on scaffolding
6. Securing materials for inclement weather conditions, high winds, storms, etc…

EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

1. Equipment Operations
   • Back up alarms and horns functioning on equipment
   • Lights working on equipment
   • Operators qualifications / training
2. Equipment inspections
   1. Daily visual inspections
   2. Equipment specific inspections, hourly, weekly, monthly, etc…
   3. Maintenance procedures and documentation
3. Visual distortions
   1. Glass not cracked or dirty to impair operator’s vision
   2. High visibility, reflective vests worn by employees working around equipment
   3. Awareness training for employees around equipment, it’s easier for the employees on the ground to see the piece of equipment than it is for the operator to see the employees
4. Barricading swing radius of equipment, cranes, pier drillers, track hoes, etc…
5. Safe operations of equipment in close proximity to edge of excavations, edge of buildings, etc…