Look for Mobile Equipment Blind Spots

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan State University
• Description:
  A blind spot is the area around a piece of mobile equipment (e.g. vehicle, construction equipment, forklift) that is not visible to the operator, either by direct line-of-sight or indirectly by use of internal and external mirrors. Operators should not depend upon backup alarms as a warning to workers on foot. Alarms become "background noise" for many workers and due to the high prevalence of hearing loss in workers, especially those in the Construction and Agricultural industries, they may not hear it. Thirty-eight (38) individuals have died since 2001 when they were run over/struck while they were in an equipment/vehicle operator's blind spot as the machine/vehicle was being operated. Construction activities accounted for 14 (36.8%) of these fatalities, followed by Transportation and Warehousing (7 deaths, 18.4%), Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services (5 deaths, 13.2%), Agriculture (4 deaths, 10.5%), and the remaining 8 deaths in multiple other industries. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Automobiles Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Construction Equipment Forklifts Hazards Machine Safety Mobile Equipment Motor Vehicles Safety Practices Visual Fields
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Lay Publication
• Place as Subject:
  Michigan ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20066678
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, 2020 Apr; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State University
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Look for mobile equipment blind spots
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c4152f5f0a9ee1ded00af64f3e70341c531a30c9d4e0117ae6738a522dd7e3dccfc3c237e6b6ee4209f3b540a605ee2370efbf14850a07ad79f7721e61a3cbc1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230956/cdc_230956_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 351.87 KB ]