New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 185 - PITS AND QUARRIES (SAFETY REGULATION NUMBER 12)
Subchapter 27 - HAULAGE
Section 12:185-27.1 - Trucks

(a) No defective equipment shall be operated until the necessary repairs or adjustments have been made and the equipment is in safe operating condition.

(b) Only authorized persons shall be allowed to ride with truck drivers.

(c) No person shall be permitted to ride on the running board of a truck.

(d) Mounting or dismounting from moving trucks shall be prohibited.

(e) Trucks shall not be loaded by power shovel until the truck driver is out of the cab and in a safe place, unless the truck has been specifically designed for such loading, having a substantial steel canopy extending over the cab.

(f) Trucks shall not pull away from the shovel or loader until the load has been balanced. Rock should not be permitted to protect or overhang from the sides of the truck.

(g) Trucks shall not dump into crusher chutes, hoppers or bins without a signal from the attending operators.

(h) A substantial bumping block to stop a backing truck, or other approved methods shall be provided at all places where a rear dump truck is to discharge its load, unless the load is being dumped on level ground for spreading.

(i) No worker shall be permitted under the raised body of a truck until such body is secured in its raised position.

(j) No smoking or open lights shall be permitted during refueling operations, and the truck engine shall be stopped.

(k) Truck roads leading from the pit to the crusher, when the crusher is on the surface, shall be arranged to provide one-way traffic. If this is not practicable, the road shall be wide enough to accommodate free passage of the truck at all points, or definite turnouts and waiting points shall be designated.