Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: STRUCK BY

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: The hazard of being struck by trusses falling off the truss cart due to the lack of positive means to prevent trusses from tipping over. The method used required the chains securing trusses to the cart to be taken off each time a new truss was being placed on the cart leaving the stacked trusses unsecured. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable to eliminate this hazard would be tilting the trusses against the back supports so that the tipping over is prevented. Another method would be providing hanger pins attached to the back supports and located just below the bottom plates of the trusses to restrain them in case of a tip over.