OSHA Inspection: TOWN OF SPENCER

Issued

May 26, 1999

Abate by

Jun 1, 1999

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced

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 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:
a)being struck by vehicular traffic.  Employees working in the right
southbound
lane of Salisbury Ave. at 7th St. on March 11, 1999 were not provided the
protection of traffic control devices as prescribed in the Manual on
Uniform
Traffic Control Devices which resulted in two employees being struck by an
automobile causing injuries to both employees and the subsequent death of
one
of the employees on March 13, 1999.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct
this hazard is to prohibit employees from working on the shoulder of and in
roadways where they are exposed to being struck by vehicular traffic
unless
they
are protected in their work zone by the use of uniform traffic control
devices as
prescribed in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices specific to the
conditions the employees find themselves.
Reference; ANSI D6.1, Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD),
1988 Edition, Revision 3 1993, Part VI, Chapters 6g-7, 6G-8, 6H-2(c)(1)!

Issued

May 26, 1999

Abate by

Jun 1, 1999

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000