Safe Tarping Systems for Wood Chip Trucks

摘要

Falls from semi-trailers whose heights exceed three meters result in major and sometimes even fatal injuries. To protect workers against falls during tarp- ing operations, carriers use tarping systems. These systems have shortcomings that result in the users not using them (i.e., they are homemade or have been developed by trial and error without engineering support and with out precise design criteria). Four of the most common tarping systems used by wood chip carriers in Quebec were evaluated.