Falling object protection structures

Was any falling object protection structure (FOPS) involved in the accident ... 

All vehicles should be subject to appropriate regular preventative maintenance programmes with appropriate records kept and all vehicle maintenance procedures properly documented. Consideration must be given to driver protection by fitting driver restraint (seat belts), falling object protective structures (FOPS) and roll-over or tip-over protective structures known as ROPS. (See the summary of the Provision... 

Rollover and falling object protection structures (ROPS and FOPS)... 

Special transitional arrangements remain for products covered by existing Directives on roll-over and falling-object protective structures and industrial trucks and for safety components and machinery for lifting persons. 

Falling Object Protective Structure Federal Register... 

Except when portable ladders are used to gain access to fixed ladders (such as those on utility towers, billboards, and other structures where the bottom of the fixed ladder is elevated to limit access), when two or more separate ladders are used to reach an elevated work area, the ladders shall be offset with a platform or landing between the ladders. (The requirements to have guardrail systems with toeboards for falling object and overhead protection on platforms and landings are set forth in subpart M of this part.)... 

This standard applies to such items as crawler, locomotive, truck, overhead, gantry, and tower cranes helicopter operations material and personnel hoists, elevators and conveyors. Loads on the overhead cranes must be labeled and legible from the ground floor. The proper clearance must be maintained between moving and rotating structures on the crane and fixed objects. Employees on these cranes shall be protected from falling by guardrails or safety belts. 

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