OSHA Inspection: RYANS LAKE HUNTING CLUB

Issued

Dec 7, 1998

Abate by

Dec 11, 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 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 following conditions:
Inadvertent entrapment of the operators head and/or torso between the
tractor and
the ground in the event of a tip over, causing injury or crushing the
operator to
death. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to establish and enforce an adequate safety
restraint system
procedure as referenced by:  Society of Automotive Engineers J333a-1970,
Operator Protection for Agricultural and Light Industrial Tractors; Long's
Memorandum No. 1541, dated June 17, 1985;
Essential elements of a safety restraint system procedure would be:
1.Provide a Roll Over Protective Structure and Seat Belts.
2.Always buckle up the seat belts.
3.If the tractor starts to tip over, don't jump.
4.Stay in your seat, grip the wheel, brace your feet and tip with the
tractor.
NOTE:  Other elements may be added or revised made to the ones listed in
the example
as conditions dictate.
*** Certification and Documentation of Abatement Required ***