OSHA Inspection: IROQUOIS CORP.

Issued

Aug 5, 1998

Abate by

Aug 10, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,050 · Current $1,050

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:
(a) At the Jobsite/Southside Parking Lot - An employee was raised up 14
feet
while standing in the front loading bucket of a John Deere Crawler Loader,
Model # 455;  he was directed to transfer diesel fuel oil from a commercial
delivery truck into a 1000gal oil refueling tank mounted on a steel frame
tubular scaffold, 2 frames 14ft high;  On or about 5/22/98.
ABATEMENT NOTES:
Among other methods, one feasible method to reduce this hazard is to:
(a)  Follow Manufacturer's Operator's Manual Section on "Safety" wherein it
states as follows:
KEEP RIDERS OFF MACHINE
Only allow the operator on the machine.  Keep riders off.
Riders on machine are subject to injury such as being struck by foreign
objects
and being thrown off of the machine.  Riders also obstruc the operator's
view
resulting in the machine being operated in an unsafe manner.
(b)  Follow the guidance of the Equipment Manufacturers Institute's Safety
Manual for Operators and Mechanics of Loaders/Tractors which states as
follows:
REMEMBER THE OTHER PERSON
Never use a bucket for a work platform or personnel carrier.
(c)Use a Commercial Refueling Service to maintain fuel in
earthmoving and other off-road vehicles at the jobsite.