Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment and Marine Operations

OSHA: Subpart O

Equipment1926.600

Equipment near a highway or active construction site, at night, must have lights or reflectors, or have barricades with lights or reflectors to identify its location

A safety tire rack or other method of protection must be used when changing tires or inflating tires

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Tire Cage

Equipment1926.600Equipment must be blocked or fully

lowered when repair work is being done under it

When parked set the parking brake; when parked on an incline chock the wheels and set the parking brake

When charging batteries conform to the standards of Subpart K.

Any glass used for the cab of a tractor or other piece of machinery must be safety glass that gives no distortion and allows safe use.

When working around power lines, all equipment must conform to 1926.550(a)(15).

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Motor Vehicles1926.601

Applies to any vehicle that operate at a jobsite that is off the highway and that is not open to public traffic

All vehicles must have working service brakes, emergency brake system, and parking brake system.

All vehicles need at least 2 head lights and 2 tail lights. Must have brake lights.

All vehicles must be equipped with operable audible warning device at the operator’s station.

If vehicle has no rear view than it needs a spotter or an audible signal when backing up.

Motor Vehicles1926.601All vehicles with cabs must have a

windshield and wipers. Broken glass must be replaced

Haulage vehicles: Cab Shield and/or canopy required on all vehicles that are cranes, power shovels, or similarly equipment

Tools & Materials must be secured when being transported in the same compartment as workers.

Vehicles used to transport employees must have a secured seat for each employee carried.

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Motor Vehicles1926.601Truck with dumping bodies: Locked Support

required when being repaired or maintainedLevers that control the hoisting or dumping

devices must have latch that prevents bumping controls & accidentally dumping or hoisting.

Trip handles must be located so that the operator is not in the path of the dumping material.

Motor Vehicles1926.601All rubber tired vehicles need fenders, mud

flaps can be used instead of fenders when necessary

All machinery must go through proper checking prior to use. All necessary parts of vehicle must be checked

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Mud flaps

Fenders

Material Handling Equipment1926.602 Seat belts shall be provided on all

equipment covered by this section and shall meet the requirements of the Society of Automotive Engineers, J386 – 1969 Seat Belts for Construction Equipment

Seat belts not needed for equipment which is designed only for standup operation

Seat belts need not be provided for equipment which does not have a roll-over protective structure (ROPS) or adequate canopy protection

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Material Handling Equipment1926.602 Access roadways must be constructed to safely

allow for the movement of equipment and vehicles

Pneumatic-Tired Earthmoving Haulage Equipment (trucks, scrapers, tractors, and trailing units) whose maximum speed exceeds 15 mph shall be equipped with fenders on all wheels to meet the requirements of Society of Automotive Engineers SAE J321a – 1970 Fenders for Pneumatic-Tired Earthmoving Haulage Equipment

Material Handling Equipment

1926.602All bi-directional machines such as

rollers, compactors, front-end loaders, bulldozers, and similar equipment, shall be equipped with a horn, distinguishable from the surrounding noise level, which shall be operated as needed when the machine is moving in either direction.

Earthmoving or compacting equipment with an obstructed rear view must have a reverse signal alarm or receive a safe signal from a fellow employee before reversing

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Pile Driving Equipment 1926.603 Pressure vessels, Boilers and

piping systems used with pile driving equipment shall meet requirements of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overhead protection for operator must be min 2” plank and not obscure vision.

Guys, outriggers, thrustouts, or counterbalances shall be provided as necessary to maintain stability of pile driver rigs

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Pile Driving Equipment 1926.603 Barges or floats supporting pile driving operations

shall meet the applicable requirements of 1926.605When driving piles in a pit, the walls of the pit must

be sloped to the angle of repose or bracedWhen cutting the top off of a driven pile, all pile

driving must be stopped unless the pile is at least twice the length of the pile from the cutting operation.

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Site Clearing1926.604Workers engaged in site clearing

must have protection from plants, insects, and animals that may be hazardous. They must also know first aid for these hazards.

All equipment used for site clearing must have roll over protection:Not less than 1/8-inch steel plate

or 1/4-inch woven wire mesh with openings no greater than 1 inch, or equivalent

Not less than 1/4-inch woven wire mesh with openings no greater than 1 inch

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Roll over protection

Marine Operations and Equipment

1926.605All material handling operations must be

with in compliance of OSHA 1918 “Safety and Health Regulations for Longshoring”The term longshoring means any handling

of any construction materials into or off of any type of marine vessel

Adequate ramp must be provided for vehicles or employees to board safely

When ladders are used- they must be of double rung or flat tread type, Jacobs ladders must hang with out slack

Handrails must be at 33” height and walkways must be un-obstructed and illuminated

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Marine Operations and Equipment1926.605Decks and surfaces must be maintained in

safe condition.Employees should not be permitted to walk

unless there is clear passageMust be 24” to permit safe walkway around

vessel, or adequate protection must be provided

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Marine Operations and Equipment

1926.605Employer shall ensure that there is

in the vicinity of each barge in use at least one U.S. Coast Guard-approved 30-inch life ring with not less than 90 feet of line attached and at least one portable or permanent ladder which will reach the top of the apron to the surface or the water

Employees walking or working on the unguarded decks of barges shall be protected with U.S. Coast Guard-approved work vests or buoyant vests.

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ReferencesOSHA (2007). OSHA Standards for the Construction

Industry (1st ed. ). Chicago, IL: CCH.

University of Florida (2007, January). CFR 1926 Subparts J thru O. Retrieved December 9, 2009 from School of building construction Web site:http://web.dcp.ufl.edu/hinze/OSHA-Subparts%20A-I-Jan-2007.htm