Wheel Chock Policing Canceled by OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has notified its staff of the need not to enforce a wheel-chock requirement during truck loading and unloading.
The use of the spring brake system eliminates the need for wheel chocks that, to be effective, requires someone maneuvering the wheel chocks into place under the wheels of a truck or trailer.
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The action came after a March demonstration of the spring brake system by the American Trucking Associations.
OSHA hopes to issue a directive on the acceptance of the spring brake system next month, said Stuart Flatow, director of occupational safety and health at ATA.
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