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

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health of North Carolina: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees conditions of 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 struck by/caught between hazards: a)jobsite, the employee working under the vehicle, adjusting the brakes, was exposed to a struck by/caught between hazard as chock blocks were not placed in front of the rear wheels to prevent the vehicle from moving and the truck was parked on a down hill grade. Abatement note: Among other methods, one feasible methods to eliminate this hazard would be to require employee to use chock blocks when working on the truck.