Hazards mobile work equipment

A motivational look at the non-chemical hazards often encountered by hazardous waste workers. Recognizing dangerous situations, avoiding safety hazards (slips, trips, falls, electrical hazards, natural hazards, oxygen deficiency, heat stress), and special precautions for limited mobility and communication when wearing personal protective equipment. Pari of eight-volume series, Working in the Hazard Zone. ... 

In a major manufacturer of heavy mobile equipment, if it can be reasonably assumed that a user of the equipment can lose a day s work, the risk is not acceptable. The risk situation must be dealt with through equipment redesign or through strengthening the operations manual, thus alerting users to the hazard s potential and providing appropriate instmctions. 

Most utilities employ mobile cranes in their regular heavy-duty construction and repair operations. Mobile cranes are responsible for the most accidents, iiyuries, and fatalities of all of the crane types. If you use mobile cranes, you need to be aware of the potential work hazards, get the proper training regarding operation and load preparation, and know the proper personal protective equipment (PPE) for your crews such as hard hats, safety boots, and high-visibility clothing. 

Spot replacement is the replacement of individual lamps as and when they fail. This is probably the most suitable method of maintaining small lighting installations in shops, offices and nursing homes, and is certainly the preferred method in domestic property. But each time a lamp is replaced or cleaned, a small disturbance occurs to the normal environment. Access equipment must be set up, furniture must be moved and the electrician chats to the people around him. In some environments this small disturbance and potential hazard from someone working on steps or a mobile tower is not acceptable and, therefore, group replacement of lamps must be considered. 

Description of hazard. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, transportation incidents and workers struck by vehicles or mobile equipment account for the highest number of fatal work injuries. In a work zone, workers are susceptible to the careless driving of oncoming traffic as well as to the actions of work vehicles and equipment. 

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