OSHA Inspection: ROBERT E. LEE DBA ROBERT E. LEE CONSTRUCTION, CO.

Issued

Mar 2, 1998

Abate by

Mar 8, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,400 · Current $700 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statue 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not furnish to
each of his employees  condition of 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)struck-by and/or crushed by heavy equipment - another
companies employee died when an International 412 Series
"B" Scraper rolled back crushing the employee against the
body of a "low boy" transport trailer when the scraper
was been loaded onto the trailer.  The scraper's brakes
were inoperative and was not taken out of service in
accordance with manufacture recommendations:
One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among others, to
correct this hazard is repair the equipment brakes.
(Reference: International Harvester Company, Chicago, Il,
Model 412 Series "B" Scraper Operator Manual, General
Specifications Section I, pages 20-23)