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Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division - (c) Vehicle tailboards must not project outboard of the vehicle sides or fenders and must be designed to provide safe footing. - (d) Exhaust systems must be installed and properly maintained, and must be designed to minimize the exposure of exhaust gases by employees. - (e) The loaded gross weight and empty height of the vehicle must be posted in the vehicle such that it can be clearly read by the driver. - (f) Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) must be provided, installed and maintained on all open top off-road vehicles. - (g) Vehicles with an obstructed view to the rear of the vehicle when backing must be equipped or provided with: - (A) An automatic back-up alarm that must sound when backing and can be heard over the surrounding noise; - (B) A video camera that provides the driver a full and clear view of the path of travel behind the vehicle; or - (C) A spotter who stands to the rear of the vehicle, is visible to the driver in the driver-side mirror and uses unassisted voice communication, portable radio communication or hand signal communication to guide the driver while backing. ## (25) Fire Apparatus Operation. - (a) Employees must be trained in the safe operation of each type of vehicle they are authorized to drive. - (b) The employer must not allow an employee to drive a vehicle on a public highway or road unless they have a valid driver's license. - (c) Any item found that may affect the safe operation of a vehicle must be reported immediately to the officer in charge or other appropriate person. - (d) Employees must not drive or ride in any vehicle known to be unsafe. - (e) Employees being transported by fire department vehicles must ride in designated seat-belted or safety-harnessed positions. - (f) The employer must not allow employees to ride on tailboards, tail steps or running boards. - (g) Vehicles must come to a full stop before employees disembark.

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## 29 CFR 1926 (OSHA) - (9) Seat belts and anchorages meeting the requirements of 49 CFR part 571 (Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards) shall be installed in all motor vehicles. - (10) Trucks with dump bodies shall be equipped with positive means of support, permanently attached, and capable of being locked in position to prevent accidental lowering of the body while maintenance or inspection work is being done. - (11) Operating levers controlling hoisting or dumping devices on haulage bodies shall be equipped with a latch or other device which will prevent accidental starting or tripping of the mechanism. - (12) Trip handles for tailgates of dump trucks shall be so arranged that, in dumping, the operator will be in the clear. - (13) (i) All rubber-tired motor vehicle equipment manufactured on or after May 1, 1972, shall be equipped with fenders. All rubber-tired motor vehicle equipment manufactured before May 1, 1972, shall be equipped with fenders not later than May 1, 1973. - (ii) Mud flaps may be used in lieu of fenders whenever motor vehicle equipment is not designed for fenders. - (14) All vehicles in use shall be checked at the beginning of each shift to assure that the following parts, equipment, and accessories are in safe operating condition and free of apparent damage that could cause failure while in use: service brakes, including trailer brake connections; parking system (hand brake); emergency stopping system (brakes); tires; horn; steering mechanism; coupling devices; seat belts; operating controls; and safety devices. All defects shall be corrected before the vehicle is placed in service. These requirements also apply to equipment such as lights, reflectors, windshield wipers, defrosters, fire extinguishers, etc., where such equipment is necessary.

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## Vehicle traffic control - 194 (1) If vehicle traffic at a work site is dangerous to workers on foot, in vehicles or on equipment, an employer must ensure that the traffic is controlled to protect the workers. - 194 (2) An employer must ensure that a worker on foot and exposed to traffic wears high-visibility safety apparel. - 194 (3) A worker on foot and exposed to traffic must wear high-visibility safety apparel. - 194 (4) If a worker is designated by an employer to control traffic, the employer must ensure that the designated traffic controller wears high-visibility safety apparel that - (a) clearly identifies the worker as a designated traffic controller, and - (b) is retroreflective if the worker is controlling traffic in the dark or visibility is poor. - 194 (5) A worker designated to control traffic must wear high-visibility safety apparel that complies with subsection (4). - 194 (6) If a worker is designated by an employer to control traffic, the employer must ensure that the designated traffic controller uses a handheld signal light if it is dark or visibility is poor. - 194 (7) If traffic on a public highway is dangerous to workers, an employer must protect the workers from the traffic using - (a) warning signs, - (b) barriers, - (c) lane control devices, - (d) flashing lights, - (e) flares, - (f) conspicuously identified pilot vehicles, - (g) automatic or remote-controlled traffic control systems, - (h) designated persons directing traffic, or - (i) methods described in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (1998), and its updates, published up to and including June 30, 2009 by the Transportation Association of Canada. ## Working on ice 195 (1) If a worker is to work on ice and the water beneath the ice is more than 1 metre deep at any point, an employer must ensure the ice will support the load to be placed on it. - 195 (2) The employer must test the ice for the purposes of subsection (1) - (a) before work begins, and - (b) as of…

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## Part 12 General Safety Precautions ## Housekeeping 185 An employer must ensure that a work site is kept clean and free from materials or equipment that could cause workers to slip or trip. ## Lighting 186 (1) An employer must ensure that lighting at a work site is sufficient to enable work to be done safely. 186 (2) An employer must ensure that a light source above a working or walking surface is protected against damage. - 186 (3) An employer must ensure that there is emergency lighting at a work site if workers are in danger if the normal lighting system fails. - 186 (4) Emergency lighting must generate enough light so that workers can - (a) leave the work site safely, - (b) start the necessary emergency shut-down procedures, and - (c) restore normal lighting. ## Pallets and storage racks 187 (1) An employer must ensure that pallets used to transport or store materials or containers are loaded, moved, stacked, arranged and stored in a manner that does not create a danger to workers. - 187 (2) An employer must ensure that racks used to store materials or equipment - (a) are designed, constructed and maintained to support the load placed on them, and - (b) are placed on firm foundations that can support the load. - 187 (3) A worker must report any damage to a storage rack to an employer as quickly as practicable. - 187 (4) The employer and the workers at a work site must take all reasonable steps to prevent storage racks from being damaged to the extent that their integrity as structures is compromised. ## Placement of roofing materials - 187.1 (1) An employer must ensure that supplies and roofing materials stored on the roof of a residential building under construction are located not less than 2 metres from a roof edge. - 187.1 (2) An employer must ensure that the weight of supplies and roofing materials referred to in subsection (1) is uniformly distributed.

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- 191 (3) A designated signaller using hand signals must wear the high-visibility safety apparel required by the employer under subsection (2). - 191 (4) Before giving a signal to proceed, a designated signaller must ensure that there are no hazards in the vicinity. - 191 (5) If a signaller is designated, an equipment operator must take signals only from the designated signaller. - 191 (6) An employer must ensure that only one designated signaller at a time gives signals to an equipment operator. - 191 (7) Despite subsections (5) and (6), an equipment operator must take a 'STOP' signal from a worker who is not a designated signaller. - 191 (8) Despite subsections (5) and (6), if signals cannot be transmitted properly between a designated signaller and an equipment operator, an employer must ensure that - (a) additional designated signallers are available to transmit signals, or - (b) a means of ensuring clear and complete communication other than using designated signallers is provided. ## Stabilizing masonry walls - 192 An employer must ensure that temporary supporting structures - (a) are used to stabilize a masonry wall that is more than 2 metres high during its erection, and - (b) are not removed until the wall is permanently stabilized. ## Tire servicing - 193 (1) An employer must ensure that a competent worker services, inspects, disassembles and reassembles a tire or tire and wheel assembly in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications. - 193 (2) An employer must ensure that the manufacturer's service manuals for tires and wheels serviced by the employer are readily available to workers. - 193 (3) An employer must ensure that a competent worker inflates a tire mounted on a split-rim or locking ring wheel only if - (a) the wheel assembly is in a tire cage or is similarly restrained, and - (b) flying parts from split-rim or locking ring failure or tire rupture can be contained. - 193 (4) An employer must ensure that a worker uses a clamp-on type of c…