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 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: Employees performing switchman operations including, but not limited to, riding on end ladders or other end parts of moving railroad cars, energized by a locomotive engine, were exposed to the hazard of being crushed due to the potential of slipping or falling from same: Feasible and useful abatement methods for reducing this hazard include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Promulgate a written training procedures program which is equal to standard industry practice used by companies and/or corporations which perform similar private railroad operations. 2.Ensure all switchman employees are within direct site of engineer prior to allowing movement of the locomotive and railroad cars. 3. Ensure all switchman employees ride on the locomotive engine platform if necessary to transport an individual by rail.idual