OSHA Inspection: F & G REALTY LLC

Issued

May 26, 2000

Abate by

Jul 14, 2000

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 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 the hazard of being struckby the swing radius of the
superstructure on a
excavator:
9 SHOHAM ROAD, EAST WINDSOR, CT 06088:  ON OR ABOUT JANUARY 20, 2000,
AN EMPLOYEE WALKED BETWEEN THE UNGUARDED SWING RADIUS OF THE
ROTATING SUPERSTRUCTURE ON THE ACKERMAN H10 EXCAVATOR AND A
METAL WALL WHILE THE MACHINE WAS TURNING, FATALLY INJURING THE
INDIVIDUAL.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO BARRICADE THE SWING RADIUS OF
THE EXCAVATOR IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO PREVENT THE EMPLOYEES FROM
ENTERING THE SWING RADIUS AREA OF THE ROTATING SUPERSTRUCTURE.