California Code of Regulations › Title 8 - Industrial Relations › Division 1 - Department of Industrial Relations › Chapter 4 - Division of Industrial Safety › Subchapter 7 - General Industry Safety Orders › Group 3 - General Plant Equipment and Special Operations › Article 14 - Marine Terminal Operations › Section 3475 - Vehicles

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Trailers shall
						not be disconnected from tractors at loading docks until the road wheels have
						been immobilized. The road wheels shall be immobilized from the time the brake
						system is disconnected until braking is again provided. Supplementary front and
						support shall be employed as necessary to prevent tipping when a trailer is
						entered by a material handling vehicle. Rear end support shall be employed if
						rear wheels are so far forward as to allow tipping when the trailer is
						entered.
(b) The employer shall
						direct motor vehicle operators to comply with any posted speed limits and other
						traffic control signs or signals, and written traffic instructions.
(c) Stop signs shall be posted at main
						entrances and exits of structures where visibility is impaired, and at blind
						intersections, unless direct traffic control or warning mirror systems or other
						systems of equivalent safety are provided.
(d) Vehicular routes, traffic rules, and
						parking areas shall be established, identified, and used.
(e) The employer shall direct vehicle drivers
						to warn employees in traffic lanes of the vehicle's approach.
(f) Signs indicating pedestrian traffic shall
						be clearly posted at vehicular check-in and check-out lines and similar
						locations where employees may be working.
(g) A distance of not less than 20 feet
						(6.1m) shall be maintained between the first two vehicles in a check-in,
						check-out, roadability, or vessel loading/discharging line. This distance shall
						be maintained between any subsequent vehicles behind which employees are
						required to work.
(h) No unattended
						vehicle shall be left with its engine running unless secured against
						movement.
(i) When the rear of a
						vehicle is elevated to facilitate loading or discharging, a ramp shall be
						provided and secured. The vehicle shall be secured against accidental movement
						during loading or discharging.
(j)
						Only highway vehicle floors in safe condition shall be used.
(k) When flatbed trucks, platform containers
						or similar conveyances are loaded or discharged and the cargo consists of pipe
						or other products which could spread or roll to endanger employees, the cargo
						shall be contained to prevent movement.
(l) Vehicles used to transport employees
						within a terminal shall be maintained in safe working order and safety devices
						shall not be removed or made inoperative.
1. New
						  section filed 12-12-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No.
						  50).
2. Amendment of subsection (g) filed 3-6-2001; operative
						  3-6-2001. Submitted to OAL for printing only pursuant to Labor Code section
						  142.3(a)(3)
						  (Register 2001, No. 10).
Note: Authority cited: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code. Reference: Section
							 142.3, Labor
							 Code.