OSHA Inspection: BFI WASTE SYSTEMS OF NORTH AMERICA, INC

Issued

2001-09-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-10-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $7000.00

General-duty citation text

Section 5(A)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to each of his employees employment and a
place of employment
which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or were likely
to cause death or
serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to the
hazards of getting
struck by and/or run over by vehicles.
a) On or about 4/3/01 on the tipping floor at Wheelabrator South Broward,
drivers and helpers
were allowed to exit garbage collection truck(s) and walk about in an area
where there was high
vehicular traffic.
Among others, feasible method of abatement to eliminate and materially
reduce this hazard are
to:
1) Ensuring that employees follow the policies at waste transfer stations,
including, but not
limited to, having only one person in each garbage truck being allowed
onto the tipping floors,
while wearing appropriate personal protective equipment.
PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION AND DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT ARE
REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.