OSHA Inspection: SCHWARTZ TREE SERVICE

Issued

Sep 5, 1990

Abate by

Sep 19, 1990

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $800

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 working at or
adjacent to leveler machine(s) were exposed to a laceration and/or
amputation hazard due to the material being moved by the machine(s):
One feasible and acceptable method to abate this hazard is to provide
and utilize awareness barriers that would either contact any part of the
body to create awareness of an approaching or nearby hazard, or would
prevent ready entry or access to the hazard.
In that employees were subject to being struck by a rope and/or pulley
during a tree removal operation:
a) 4035 Mulberry Avenue, Trevose, PA - A wet synthetic rope (nylon)was
being used to secure a snatch block to a tree without appropriate
precautions being taken to prevent a knot in it from slipping.
A feasible and useful means of abatement would be to use a double knot
rather than a single knot so as to prevent the knot from slipping on or
about July 11, 1990.

Issued

Sep 5, 1990

Abate by

Sep 10, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

Issued

Sep 5, 1990

Abate by

Oct 5, 1990

Issued

Sep 5, 1990

Abate by

Oct 5, 1990

Issued

Sep 5, 1990

Abate by

Oct 5, 1990