OSHA Inspection: MORTON BUILDINGS, INC.

Issued

Feb 10, 1998

Abate by

Feb 13, 1998

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $4,500

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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 fall hazard:
a)Adjacent airplane hanger, on or about 12/17/97; An employee was
operating a Ford 455D Tractor Loader Backhoe with another  employee
standing in the bucket which was aprox. 10 feet above the ground,
exposing him to a fall hazard.
ABATEMENT NOTES;
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this
hazard is to remove the employee from the bucket.