OSHA Inspection: LOCHRANE ENGINEERING, INC.

Issued

May 4, 2000

Abate by

May 9, 2000

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(A)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to 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:
a) Rte 95 South, Ft Pierce;
Employees were exposed to a struck-by hazard while surveying the center
dashed line between
the Southbound lanes of a 4 lane highway having a posted speed limit of 70
miles per hour.
One feasible and acceptable means of abatement is referenced in Part VI of
the Maual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Standards and Guidelines for
traffic Controls for
Street and Highway Construction, Maintenance, Utility, and Incident
Management
Operations,
188 Edition, Revision 3, Dated September 3, 1993, Section 6H-3 item 6
under Surveying Along
Centerline of Low-Volume Road: For Surveying on the centerline of a
high-volume road, close
one lane.
Violation occurred on or about 11/9/99d

Issued

May 4, 2000

Abate by

May 9, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500