OSHA Inspection: FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS

Issued

May 20, 1998

Abate by

Jun 2, 1998

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $2,100

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish to each of his employees 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:
(a) Garden of Love grave site on 5755 Mallory Road in College Park,
Georgia:
Employees were exposed to pinch point hazards while using the Bradco 6LD
backhoe to
dig graves at the grave site. (On or about December 8, 1998)
One or more feasible and acceptable abatement methods to correct this
hazard would be to:
1) Provide adequate training for mounting and dismounting 3 point hitch
backhoes
to tractors or other equivalent equipment in accordance with the Three
Point
Hitch(Type A) Backhoe Personnel Protection - SAE J1518 June 86
recommendations and/or with the ATI's (American Trencher, Inc) manual.
2) Require the use of safety chains on the Bradco backhoe while in
operation to
avoid hitch failure or upward movement of mechanical components.
ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION AND CERTIFICATION REQUIRED