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

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The %% employer fid 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 the hazard of being struck by concrete pumping truck. a. At construction site, Dog River Road, Douglasville, GA. employee was exposed to when working on and near concrete pump truck that shifted suddenly when it's right front outrigger broke through the dunnage and sank into the ground. An employee of another employer on site died from injuries sustained when he was struck by the shifting concrete pump truck's concrete delivery hose, on or about August 30, 1991. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to establish methods and procedures to determine the ground conditions on the job site, so a suitable area with stable ground conditions can be used for pump truck set up. Also, when it is determined that ground conditions are unstable, methods and procedure should be established to choose and place dunnage materials ofsufficient strength to support the load of the outriggers.