Hazards
- Falling material
- Struck-by injuries
Safe Practices
- Inspect motorized vehicles and mechanized equipment daily or prior to use
- Shut off vehicles and set brakes prior to manually loading or unloading
- Secure trucks and trailers from movement during loading and unloading operations
- Prior to unloading, inspect load for shift, displacement, or instability
- Do not store material under energized electrical lines or in emergency exit ways
- Keep hand trucks in safe operating condition
- Ensure safe clearance for equipment through aisles, doorways, and roadways
- Equip chutes with sideboards of sufficient height to prevent materials from free falling
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- Equip hooks with safety latches or other arrangements when hoisting materials so that slings or load attachments will not slip off the hoist hooks accidentally
- Ensure securing chains, ropes, chokers, or slings are adequate for the job
- Assure no one will be passing under the suspended loads
- Prohibit employees from riding on top of any load that can shift, topple, or otherwise become unstable
- Ensure personnel do not ride in material hoist; post "No Riders Allowed" at hoist
- Ensure entrances to hoist ways are protected with caution gates or bars
- Ensure persons who operate vehicles on public roads have valid operator's licenses
- Ensure cutting tools or tools with sharp edges are placed in closed boxes or containers which are secured in place when tools are carried in passenger components of employee transport vehicles
- Ensure material safety data sheets are available to employees handling hazardous substances
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