OSHA Inspection: GARRETT PAVING CONTRACTORS, INC.

Issued

Mar 31, 1993

Abate by

Apr 5, 1993

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,500

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occpational 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.  Employees working in the maintenance shop, were exposed to a
crushing pinch point area while performing service and
maintenance
work on the hydraulic cylinders located between the raised
portions of the bucket arms and the push bar on a 950
caterpillar.
The hazardous conditon was created when an employee performing
the service and maintenance work, entered a pinch point area
which
was created when the bucket was extended completely forward, with
the blade vertical to the floor and no cribbing installed under
the elevated portion of the equipment that was supported by
hydraulic pressure; neither were the wheels blocked to prevent
the equipment from moving.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to:  Develop, implement and enforce a program that
would ensure that cribbing and blocking procedures and used by maintenance
employees during servicing, and maintenance operations of all hydraulic
powered equipment, which would disable the force or relaxation of the such
equipment, on or about February 16, 1993.