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 struck-by hazards: At the employer's yard, incoming operators of truck and trailer rigs were permitted to assist in the cribbing, loading, and securing of cargo onto trailer flatbeds. While working in the employer's yard the truck operators were exposed to falling loads and being struck by cargo being loaded and by cargo potentially being struck by the fork lift trucks and knocked off the trailer and striking the operator standing near- by. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method of preventing recurrence of this type of incident is establish and enforce safety programs, policies, and procedures to control incoming truck drivers during loading operations.