OSHA Inspection: CAMPBELL ASPHALT COMPANY

Issued

Jul 12, 1995

Abate by

Aug 14, 1995

Penalty

Initial $2,450 · Current $2,450

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 the hazard of falls:
The spray down rack was not of sufficient height for employees to gain
access
to the bed of their
truck's. Employees were climbing atop the side rails on the rack in order
to spray their trucks.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to rebuild the rack high enough so that the walking platform would be
approximately 42 inches
below the top of the bed of the hauling trucks (allowing for standard
railing on each open side
of the platform).