Development and Demonstration of Improved Truck Ladders

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• Personal Author:
  Conway K ; Gavan GR ; Mate PI ; Strassel D
• Description:
  Analysis of reported injuries for off-highway haul trucks indicated that 42.7 pct were slip and fall, and of these, 34.1 pct occurred mounting or dismounting the machine. Redesign of the lower steps was concluded to provide the most overall improvement for increased safety and accident reduction. Various existing, innovative, and conceptual designs were reviewed and evaluated. The most promising designs were the four-spring-supported lower steps and the center- tube-mounted lower steps. Both steps proved to be viable designs by passing human factors and survivability tests conducted at a large copper mine. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining; Mining industry; Injuries; Haulage; Haulage vehicles; Truck drivers; Slips; Slips, trips, and falls; STF; Falls; Accident analysis; Accident prevention; Equipment design; Ladders; Step ladders; Human factors engineering
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  TCRC - Twin Cities Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-335
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10002128
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB81-223406
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/81-223406, 1979; :1-335
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1979
• Performing Organization:
  Woodward Associates, Inc.
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/81-223406
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:448084965cb6c08f1d70c8f4c670ed43722ccdb12a74d7920e4fa0d4b982c75bdce56220c6b74dc3a3d4120d94e2781942e3d0f9aa1aa491f4486e436cd6b642
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234616/cdc_234616_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.09 MB ]