Swing radius and spotters

Say this

1. The counterweight swings wider than you think. Stay out of the swing radius.
2. Barricade it or mark it with cones and tape.
3. Make eye contact with the operator before you walk near a machine.
4. One spotter per machine, and they don't do other jobs while spotting.
5. If you lose sight of the spotter, stop.

Ask the crew

• Where on this site today does "swing radius and spotters" matter most?
• What would you do first if it went wrong?
• Who do you tell, and how?

Hazards on today's tasks

• Loading trucks: Struck-by: the loader or excavator, or a truck backing up
• Loading trucks: Material falling off the bucket onto the cab or a person
• Loading trucks: Truck tipping on soft or uneven ground
• Excavator operation: Struck by the swinging house or counterweight
• Excavator operation: Rollover on slopes and near trench edges
• Excavator operation: Quick coupler dropping the bucket

How to give it

Hold it where the work is, at the start of the shift, standing up. Read each point out loud, then point at the real thing on this site: the trench, the ladder, the machine, the cord. Ask the questions and wait for answers; the quiet ones often know the most. Keep it to about 5 minutes so it gets done every day.

Write down anything the crew raises and fix it before the work starts. Everyone signs, including subs and visitors working that shift. Keep the signed sheet with the day's JHA; it's your record that the training happened (29 CFR 1926.1424, and 29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)).

Sign-in

Goes with the JHA for loading trucks, excavator operation.