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

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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. On or about April 12, 2024, employees were exposed to vehicle struck-by hazards in the vehicle wash bay located at 87848 430th Avenue in Ainsworth, Nebraska. The employer exposed employees to a recognized struck-by hazard created by failing to ensure vehicles parked in the vehicle wash bay for cleaning were secured from inadvertently rolling. The employer has the feed truck operators wash their over-the-road vehicles daily in a 150ft long by 50ft wide, downward facing wash bay. The wash bay slopes downward toward a drain grate at a 4-degree angle. Washing the vehicles requires the employees to stand in front and downslope of the vehicle during washing and when cleaning the wash bay after. An employee suffered a compound fracture of their right leg when the vehicle they were washing rolled downslope and struck them as they cleaned the wash bay. AMONG OTHER METHODS, FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHODS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: i. Follow the instructions in the Peterbilt Operator's Manual that include, but are not limited to: a. Page 171 - Block wheels when parked on a steep grade. b. Page 174 - Set the parking brake and block the wheels when performing maintenance. c. Page 217 - Test the vehicle brakes after each vehicle wash. ii. Develop, implement, and communicate to employees a written work rule that address the steps that must occur before starting and finishing sanitation operations in the wash bay, including setting the brakes on the vehicle and chocking the wheels. iii. Park the feed truck at the bottom of the wash bay and perform sanitation operations there. iv. Install physical barriers such as a parking stop to rest the front wheels of the trucks against during cleaning operations that meet the Peterbilt Operator's manual guidelines found on page 162 of 4in tall by 4in wide.