OSHA Inspection: CHRIS CONDO CONSTRUCTION AND EXCAVATING CO.

Issued

May 19, 2000

Abate by

May 24, 2000

Penalty

Initial $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: being caught in the hopper of the soil shredding machine.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method would have been to
ensure the top
grate was electrically interlocked or by effectively locking out/tagging
out the machine.