Look for Mobile Equipment Blind Spots

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• Corporate Authors:
  Michigan Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (Project) (MIFACE)
• Description:
  Fifteen (15) work-related fatalities have occurred since 2001 while a vehicle was backing up. Construction activities accounted for 9 of these fatalities; dump trucks were involved in 5 fatalities. Other vehicle types include an airport tug, a farm tractor, a cement mixer, a forklift, a fuel truck, a utility bucket truck, a road grader, a window delivery truck, and a semi-truck. A blind spot is the area around a vehicle or piece of construction equipment that is not visible to operators, either by direct line-of sight or indirectly by use of internal and external mirrors. Use Spotters wearing reflective vests when the driver has an obstructed view; the truck contains extended components (such as a crane); or when someone or something could enter the driver's backing path. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accidents Construction Construction-equipment Construction-industry Construction-workers Hazards Humans Injuries Safety-education Safety-measures Training Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Work-environment Workers

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• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Publisher:
  Michigan State University
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Guidance
• 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
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041144
• Citation:
  East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University, Department of Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, HA#11, 2011 May; :1
• Email:
  debra.chester@ht.msu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2011
• Performing Organization:
  Michigan State Department of Labor and Economic Growth
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20040901
• Source Full Name:
  Look for mobile equipment blind spots
• End Date:
  20070831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f15ae66fa3793b057adbd3c614e39f9ef578774dff6700727f163f2e7d5f2a84f767e63da60f677ba7a0c1d18f3db84b8ca724b5fca4f4f932bcbb9400da7f26
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228666/cdc_228666_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 996.24 KB ]