WAC 296-865-300 Trucks and Trailers

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Your Responsibility:

To make sure all trucks and trailers are operated and maintained safely

WAC 296-865-30005

Truck operation

You must

• Make sure truck drivers operate equipment at a safe speed at all times for roadway conditions.
• Make sure truck drivers either:
  • - Sound their horn before starting to back and intermittently during the entire backing operation
    or
  • - Have a working automatic reverse signal alarm that's audible:
    • Above the surrounding noise level
      and
    • No less than 15 feet from the rear of the vehicle.
• Make sure, during the backing of trucks where vision is obstructed, a signal person is stationed at a point giving a clear view of the rear of the truck and the operator of the truck at all times.

WAC 296-865-30010

Dump trucks

You must

• Make sure dump trucks have a device installed on the frame that will hold the bed in the raised position when employees are working underneath.

WAC 296-865-30015

Semitruck brakes

You must

• Make sure semitrucks are equipped with brakes that will safely hold the maximum load on maximum grades.

You must

• Test brakes before descending a steep grade.
• Follow the requirements in Table 2, Semitruck Braking Requirements.

WAC 296-865-30020

Truck and trailer loads

You must

• Make sure all loads transported on trucks or trailers are:
  • - Properly secured and distributed
    and
  • - Limited to a safe operating load for the:
    • Condition of the roadway
      and
    • Capacity of the bridges, trestles, and other structures.