Motor Vehicles, Mechanized Equipment for Construction

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

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

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

Traffic signs  Use at points of hazard  Follow ANSI D a

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

Requirements for flagmen  Requirements for flagmen  Follow ANSI D  Red flags at least 18 inches square 6a

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

Barricades  Protection of employees  Conform to ANSI D a

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

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

Tire mounting  Inflating  Mounting  Dismounting 9a

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

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

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

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

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

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

Working around power lines  Comply with (a)(15)  Working or moving equipment  Near power lines/ energized transmitters 11a

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

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

Inspect for:  Brakes  Tires  Horn 12c

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

Inspect for:  Operating controls  Safety devices 12e

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Forklift operator training  Identical to (l) 15a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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