Struck-by injuries are one of the three most common lost-time injuries in Ontario. They occur when a worker is hit by work tools, by materials, by a vehicle, by equipment such as a backhoe bucket, by flying debris, by earth during a trench collapse, or by any other object.
On this page, we identify some of the dangers of working with heavy vehicles or equipment, and provide links to resources that can help protect you and your co-workers.
Heavy Equipment Hazards
There are a variety of ways that heavy equipment can present hazards if you don't have the proper protection or controls. For example, you can be
- electrocuted if the equipment contacts an overhead powerline
- crushed if your equipment overturns
- struck by or crushed by material being moved by heavy equipment
- crushed if caught between the equipment and a wall or other object
- run over by a heavy vehicle.
Safety Tips
Here are some tips to help you make sure your jobsite is a safe one.
- Whenever possible, plan a drive-through site to eliminate the need for vehicles to back up.
- Train your drivers/operators to know their blind spots.
- Use a signaller where necessary, and make sure the signaller has been trained on standard hand signals.
- Make sure your drivers/operators wear their seatbelts.
- Have your workers wear high-visibility clothing as required.
Training
- Hoisting and Rigging Basic Safety Training
- Lift Truck Operator
- Lift Truck Operator—Practical Evaluation
- Lift Truck Operator Instructor Workshop
- Mobile Crane Operator 08 Ton (3 days)
- Mobile Crane Operator 08 Ton (5 days)
- Traffic Control and Backing Vehicles
- Traffic Control Temporary Work Zones
- Traffic Signal Workers Safety and Awareness
e-Learning and Videos
Products
- Call Before You Dig Poster
- Chain DVD
- Circle Your Vehicle Sticker
- Construction Health and Safety Manual
- Cranes: Types, Components and Case Histories DVD
- Demolition Health and Safety Manual
- Elevating Work Platforms: Training Kit
- Excavator Handsignals Card
- Guidelines for Training Traffic Control Persons
- Hand Signals for Hoisting Operations Card
- Hand Signals for Hoisting Operations Sticker
- Handbook for Construction Traffic Control Persons
- Hazard Awareness in Crane Operating Areas DVD
- Health and Safety Advisory: Quick Couplers
- Health and Safety Aggregate Sector
- Helicopter Lifting
- Hoisting and Rigging Safety Manual
- IHSA/PSHSA Training Brochure
- International Hand Signals DVD
- Mobile Crane Log
- Mobile Crane Manual
- No Riders Decal
- Pile Driving Hand Signals
- Pre-trip Inspection for Lift Truck
- Pre-trip Inspection for School Bus Sticker
- Pre-trip Inspection for Truck Sticker
- Product Catalogue
- Ready Mix Driver Hand Signals
- Reeving DVD
- Riggers Pocket Guide
- Rigging Hardware DVD
- Rigging Manual
- Safety in Rigging DVD Series
- Safety Talks Manual
- Service Worker Safety DVD
- Slings
- Slings DVD
- Stay Clear of Heavy Equipment Poster
- The 3-Point Contact DVD
- Three-Point Contact Sticker
- Tower Crane Log
- Traffic Hand Signals Card
- Transportation Courses for the Construction Sector
- Transportation Courses for the Utility Sector
- Wear Your Seatbelt Poster
- Wire Rope DVD
Articles
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Health and Safety Manual
Our most comprehensive health and safety guide helps workers recognize and protect themselves against health and safety hazards.
Safety Talks
Conducting a five-minute safety talk is hands-on way to remind workers that health and safety are important on the job and can help workers recognize and control hazards.
Health & Safety Policies and Procedures
Resources to help you write your health & safety policy and put together a program to implement the policy. (See Safe work practices/safe job procedures.)
Cranes and Concrete Pumps
Accidents involving tower cranes, mobile cranes, and concrete pumps can have tragic consequences for workers and the public. In the past few years, there have been a number serious incidents and close calls.
For more info, visit our Cranes and Concrete Pumps Topic Page.