OSHA Inspection: BI-LO MAULDIN DISTRIBUTION, INC.

Issued

1999-09-09 00:00:00

Abate by

1999-09-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1250.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees smoking in close
proximity to
natural gas pipeline were exposed to the hazard of fire and explosion.  A
feasible and useful
means of abatement, among other methods, is to construct a barrier around
the natural gas
pipeline.