OSHA Inspection: O & G INDUSTRIES

Issued

May 24, 1985

Abate by

May 27, 1985

Penalty

Initial $420 · Current $300 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 struck by a wire rope nad a dump truck:
RED TURTLE FARM DRIVEWAY-GRASSY HILL ROAD, ROXBURY, CONNECTICUT:
ON OR ABOUT 3/25/85, EMPLOYEES WERE EXPOSED TO THE HAZARD OF BEING
STRUCK BY A WIRE ROPE AND SNATCH BLOCK RATED AT 7 TONS WHILE PULLING
DUMP TRUCK #436, WITH A GROSS WEIGHT IN EXCESS OF 30 TONS AND WERE
STANDING IN A RECOGNIZED HAZARDOUS AREA WHILE SIGNALING THE DRIVERS OF
THE TRUCKS #436 AND #549.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO
CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO REMOVE EMPLOYEES FROM THE DANGER AREA AND USE
ONLY EQUIPMENT WITH A RATED LOAD LIMIT APPROPRIATE FOR THE INTENDED USE.