OSHA Inspection: SOUTHERN SCRAP MATERIAL CO., LLC

Issued

Feb 9, 2000

Abate by

Mar 7, 2000

Penalty

Initial $1,875 · Current $1,875

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of Public Law 91-596, 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 hazard of being struck by
refuse trucks:
(a)West Bank, Yard at Entrance - No backup alarms on two Southern Scrap
Material
Company trucks, Mack, Tag No. A23356, and International, AL X8255611, each
backing to place/retrieve rolloff refuse bins.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement to correct this
hazard is to provide
external audible warning signal devices which actuate when the vehicle is
operated in reserve,
in accordance with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Z245.,
Safety Requirements
for Refuse Collecting and Compacting Equipment, Section 7, Mobile
Equipment Safeguards and
Features, Paragraph 7.1.14, Warning Signals.