OSHA Inspection: SUNBELT SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Nov 23, 1998

Abate by

Dec 11, 1998

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $525

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  The employer did not furnish to
each of his employees  conditions of employment and a place of
employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely
to cause death or serious physical harm to employees:
a)falling to lower elevation - employees working from Yale,
Type E, Order Pickers at height up to 16 feet were
exposed to fall hazards when they used Miller Equipment
10 feet retractable lanyards in lengths greater than 5
feet.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among
others, to correct this hazard is to equipped the Yale,
Type E, Order Pickers with 5 feet lanyards and/or with
equivalent fall protection.
(Reference: American Society of Mechanical Engineers,
Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks, ASME
A56.1-1993, Section 7.35.1)

Issued

Nov 23, 1998

Abate by

Dec 11, 1998

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $525