OSHA Inspection: ARBOR COAST LANDSCAPING INC.

Issued

Dec 15, 1987

Abate by

Dec 19, 1987

Penalty

Initial $280 · Current $150 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were
free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to:
a) On or about September 14, 1987, employee(s) were exposed to the
hazard of electrical shock. Before work began, the employer did not
ascertain before employees started to work in close proximity to
overhead energized electrical lines, the the green palm tree area
of the nursery, that no person, tool, equipment or machine would make
contact with the overhead energized electrical lines; and the
employer did not instruct the employees in the recognition and
avoidance of unsafe conditions applicable to working in close
proximity to overhead energized electrical lines in a safe manner.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to instruct the employees in the recognition and avoidance of
unsafe conditions applicable to working in close proximity to overhead
energized lines in a safe manner.