OSHA Inspection: SERVICEMASTER

Issued

2001-09-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-09-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $300.00 · Current $300.00

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 Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platform.
At the job site located on the campus of Northland College, Ashland, WI an
employee was
pressure washing the outside of a building while using the work platform
without wearing a
personal fall arrest system.
Among feasible means of abatement would be to comply with American
National Standards
Institute (ANSI) A92.5 - 1992 Standard for Boom-Supported Elevating Work
Platforms: provide
and require that employees operating the work platform wear personal fall
arrest equipment as
required by Section 8.8(g).