OSHA Inspection: JOHN'S PRODUCE INC

Issued

1998-06-25 00:00:00

Abate by

1998-06-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $63000.00 · Current $12500.00 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)  a suffocation and/or crushing hazard due to employees tunneling in
tons of
ice that accumulates in the ice house.  Employees are exposed from the
collapse of ice above them by picking at the top of the tunnel they have
dug
which results in the ice falling on top of the employee.  An employee was
buried in the ice on January 6, 1998 and died.
"Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement
method to correct this hazard is to establish and enforce work
rules prohibiting tunneling through the ice.