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

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 crushing and amputation type injuries while operating earthmoving and similiar mechanical type vehicles that were not equipped with a servicable braking system: a) Gravel Storage Yard; On 4-26-96 a Trojan Model 124 Front End Loader was being operated without a servicable braking system. An individual was attempting to chain the loader to an inoperable dump truck to facilitate it's removal. The individual received a crushing type injury when he was trapped and pinned between the loader bucket and the dump truck. Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard are to: 1. Conduct daily operational/safety checks of all mechanical equipment. 2. Establish a preventative maintenance program to insure vehicle discrepancies are identified and corrected in a timely manner 3. Immediately remove from service any piece of equipment with deficiencies that affect safe operation.