Motor Vehicles Mechanized Equipment for Construction Signs and

Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment for Construction

Signs and symbols v Visible at all times v Danger signs v Caution signs 1 a

Exit signs v Legible v Six red letters inches high v Three-fourths inch in width 2 a

Safety instruction signs/directional signs v Safety instruction signs v Directional signs 3 a

Traffic signs v Use at points of hazard v Follow ANSI D 6. 1 -1971 4 a

Accident prevention tags v Temporary employees means of warning v Not be used in place of accident prevention signs 5 a

Requirements for flagmen v Requirements v Follow for flagmen ANSI D 6. 1 -1971 v Red flags at least 18 inches square 6 a

Requirements for flagmen v Sign v In paddles darkness—red lights v Warning garment 6 b

Barricades v Protection v Conform of employees to ANSI D 6. 1 -1971 7 a

Construction equipment v Unattended at night v Adjacent to a highway 8 a

Construction equipment v Adjacent to construction areas v Provide lights or reflectors 8 b

Tire mounting v Inflating v Mounting v Dismounting 9 a

Tire mounting v Split rims v Rims with locking rings 9 b

Tire mounting safety equipment v Tire rack v Safety cage v Equivalent protection 9 c

Suspended machinery or equipment v Block or crib machinery v Slings, hoists, or jacks v Before working under 10 a

Bulldozer blades/dump bodies v Fully lower or block v Bulldozer/scraper v End-loader v Dump blades buckets bodies 10 b

Bulldozer blades/dump bodies v Being repaired v When not in use v Controls v Motors in neutral position stopped/brakes set 10 c

Equipment parked on inclines v Chock v Set wheels parking brake 10 d

Working around power lines v Comply with 1926. 550(a)(15) v Working or moving equipment v Near power lines/ energized transmitters 11 a

Motor vehicle inspection v Operate jobsite on an off-highway v Not open to public traffic v Beginning each shift of 12 a

Inspect for: v Service v Trailer v Hand brakes brake connections brake 12 b

Inspect for: v Brakes v Tires v Horn 12 c

Inspect for: v Steering mechanism v Coupling devices v Seat belts 12 d

Inspect for: v Operating v Safety controls devices 12 e

Inspect for: v Lights v Reflectors v Windshield wipers 12 f

Inspect for: v Defrosters v Fire extinguishers v Other equipment 12 g

Correct all defects v Before vehicle is placed in service 12 h

Operating a vehicle in reverse v Earthmoving equipment v Scrapers v Loaders 13 a

Operating a vehicle in reverse v Crawler or wheel tractors v Bulldozers v Off-highway trucks 13 b

Operating a vehicle in reverse v Graders v Agricultural/industrial tractors 13 c

Operating a vehicle in reverse v Similar equipment v Obstructed view to the rear 13 d

Do if v The equipment has a reverse signal alarm distinguishable from the surrounding noise level, or v An employee signals that it is safe to do so 13 e

Riding on forklifts v Authorized v Safe to do so place to ride 14 a

Forklift operator training v Identical to 1910. 178(l) 15 a

Pile driving operations v Accept signals from signalmen v Hoisting clear piling/keep employees v Cutting off driven piles v Driving jacked piles 16 a

Site clearing operations v Protect from hazards v Instructed in first aid 17 a

Rollover protective structures v Self-propelled v Front-end scrapers loaders v Dozers 18 a

Rollover protective structures v Industrial v Crawler tractors v Crawler-type v Motor loaders graders 18 b

ROPS do not apply to v Sideboom pipe laying tractors v Compactors v Rubber-tired skid-steers 18 c

Info affixed to ROPS v Mfg name and address v Model number v Equipment designed to fit 18 d

Overhead protection for tractors v Solid v Grid v Not material or mesh a hazard 19 a