Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: OTHER

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to: Southeast side of marine terminal; On March 6, 2000, an intermodal container toploader got stuck in a depression/hole along the southeast side of the terminal and adjacent to a railroad car. A mobile truck crane and a toploader were used to extract the stuck toploader. A wire rope sling was stretched between the two toploaders. No steps had been taken to prevent other employees or vehicles from entering the area where this operation was taking place, thereby exposing an employee to fatal injuries when a vehicle was driven into the area and struck the wire rope. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to barricade the area around the operation and provide signs or signals to prevent entry into the area.