OSHA Inspection: TESTA TREE SERVICE

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 16, 1993

Penalty

Initial $1,500

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 falling from a tree when not protected by
fall protection at all
times.
A worker involved in the removal of a tree, fell an estimated 60 ft. when
the safety belt he was
wearing was not secured to anything.  Among other methods, one feasible
and acceptable
method to correct this hazard is to insure that when workers are working
in trees, they are tied
off at all times.  One method to insure this is accomplished is through
the use of a double
lanyard system which protects workers during the tying and untying
periods.
A) CORNER OF MELLEN AND PLAIN ST.:  A WORKER INVOLVED IN THE
REMOVAL OF A TREE WAS NOT PROTECTED FROM A FALL AT ALL TIMES WHILE
IN THE TREE THROUGH THE USE OF A SAFETY BELT AND LINE. THE WORKER
HAD A SAFETY BELT ON BUT IT WAS NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING. ONE
METHOD TO INSURE THAT THERE IS NO EXPOSURE TO A FALL IS TO UTILIZE A
DOUBLE LANYARD SYSTEM WHEN MOVING FROM ONE AREA TO ANOTHER. THIS
SYSTEM  ALLOWS THE WORKER TO BE TIED OFF AT ALL TIMES.

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 16, 1993

Penalty

Initial $300

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 16, 1993

Penalty

Initial $300