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

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: a)In that the employer failed to keep the workplace free from the hazard of employees being struck by motor vehicles while working in a temporary traffic control zone. On, or about July 1, 2005, employees were constructing curbs and sidewalks at various locations on the eastbound side of US Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri. The work zone was adjacent to the eastbound traffic lane. Construction included activities such as, but not limited to, building forms, pouring concrete from ready-mix trucks, and forming poured concrete into curbs and sidewalks. The temporary traffic control zone included channelizer cones instead of barriers to separate traffic from the work zone. Employees were not required to wear high-visibility apparel. Employees who were in, and around the temporary traffic control zone were potentially exposed to injuries such as, but not limited to, motor vehicle impact injuries due to not being visible to passing motorists. Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to undertake the following steps; - Ensure employees are provided with, and required to wear high-visibility apparel in accordance with the Missouri Department of Transportation 2002 Traffic Control for Field Operations Manual. - Ensure employees are provided with, and required to wear high-visibility apparel in accordance with ANSI/ISEA 107-1999, American National Standard for High Visibility Safety Apparel. Abatement certification for this violation is not required.