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Berms or Guardrails - 30 CFR 56.9300, 57.9300 and 30 CFR 77.1605(k) Page 2 of 2 <br />• If the drop-off is of sufficient grade or depth to cause a vehicle to overturn or <br />endanger persons in the equipment: <br />Is a berm or guardrail installed? <br />Is the berm or guardrail mid -axle height to the largest vehicle that usually travels <br />the road (metal and nonmetal)? <br />• If there are openings in the berms for water drainage: <br />Are the openings small enough to impede self-propelled vehicles using the <br />road (metal and nonmetal)? <br />• If the roadway is infrequently traveled or used only by service or maintenance <br />vehicles (metal and nonmetal)? <br />If berms or guardrails are not installed on roads traveled by service or <br />maintenance vehicles, does the roadway have locked gates at all entry points? <br />Are signs posted at appropriate locations to indicate that berms or guardrails <br />are not present? <br />Are delineators installed and visible along the perimeter of the elevated <br />roadway in both directions of travel? <br />Are reflective surfaces of at least three delineators along each elevated <br />shoulder always visible to the driver and spaced at intervals sufficient to <br />indicate the edge and height of the roadway? <br />Is a maximum speed limit posted and observed for any elevated, unbermed <br />portions of the roadway? <br />•3 Is the speed limit being observed? <br />(77.1607(c) - prudent operation of loading and haulage equipment) <br />Have measures been taken to provide traction in inclement weather? <br />Other issues covered by related standards: <br />• Was a berm, bumper block, safety hook, or similar impeding device provided at <br />dumping locations where there was a hazard of overtravel or overturning? <br />(56.9301 or 57.9301 - dump site restraints) <br />(77.1605(1) - dump site restraints) <br />Disclaimer <br />http://www.msha.gov/STATS/Top20Viols/tips/9300.htm 11/12/2015 <br />