OSHA Inspection: SBC SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE

Issued

Apr 3, 2003

Abate by

Apr 7, 2003

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,750 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 hazards of falling and
head injury from being struck by overhead branches while riding in the
bucket of an aerial lift truck:
ROUTE 58, Easton, Connecticut: On or about 3/24/2003, a Ford aerial lift
bucket Truck, Model 4900,
DT466E was observed traveling while a worker was riding inside the bucket
of the truck.
Among others, one feasible and acceptable abatement method is to prohibit
employees from riding the bucket
while not performing the actual work.l