Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: FALLING

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employmnent 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: (a) On or about 12/11/96, at about 21980 SW 154 Ave., the Rear-end Loader sanitation truck known as "Goliath" (Truck #2) was traveling between a stop at 21825 and the next stop at 23100 a distance of about 11 blocks and the truck was travelling at about 20-25 miles per hour; exposing employees to injury from falling off of a moving vehicle. Reference:ANSI Z245.1-1992 Mobile Refuse Collection & Compaction Equipment Section 6.2.4 Amoung other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to institute a procedure that requires "totters" to ride in the cab when the truck speed will be greater than 10 mph or the travel distance is greater than 2/10 mile.