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

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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: (a)The hazards of moving trucks and trailers while changing tires in the yard at Sysco Food Services without written work and safety procedures in place. One feasible and acceptable method, among others, to abate this hazard is to develop written safety and operating procedures to protect the mechanics from inadvertent movement of the trucks by means such as: (1) Removing the keys; (2)Putting signs on the windshield and drivers seat stating that work is in progress and truck should not be moved; and (3)Disconnecting the tractor from the trailer being serviced. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE: 1910.147(C)(4)(i) 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(i): Procedures were not developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees were engaged in activities covered by this section: (a)Energy control procedures were not developed by the employer to cover tire changing and other related activities on tractor trailers.s