Elimination
Interactions between mobile equipment and workers with exclusion zones
- Making Safety Simpler
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Mobile Equipment and Vehicle Hazards including struck-bys
(Being run over, struck, crushed)
- Equipment run-away, toppling over, danger to operators
- Striking overhead or underground utilities
- Pinch points, materials falling from equipment
- Noise, vibration, fumes, dust
Construction Industry Examples
- Construction sites when both equipment and workers are operating, or when workers are manually flagging for traffic controls.
- Mobile equipment on construction sites generates noise, dust, fumes and vibration; some equipment has risk of material falling from the equipment.
Tips on Identifying
- Map out mobile and pedestrians routes.
- Use flagging and barricades to keep equipment and people from veering off path.
- BC-1 call.
- Create separation between working equipment and people to limit noise, funes and dust exposure.
Control Method Examples:
More Effective
Substitution
Engineering Controls
Use fencing, barriers, designated walkways or proximity sensors
Administrative Controls
Schedules, policies, procedures and signage to keep people away from equipment and vehicles
PPE
High visibility vest or RFID tags ot make people stand out
Less Effective