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

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: (a)were exposed to the hazard of being struck by portions of the concrete pumping equipment at the jobsite located at 10550 West Sam Houston Parkway, where employees were engaged in pouring tilt slab panels for the walls of the warehouse on site. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method, to remove this hazard from the workplace is to follow the general guidelines found in the Schwing America, Inc., Safety Manual, version 2.0.3, specifically Section 6.24, page 23, Check Soil Conditions, Section 6.25, page 23, Test The Setup, and various provisions of the manual that require the use of substantial timber, cribbing or other structural members beneath the vehicles's outrigger pads sufficient to distribute the load.