OSHA Inspection: JORDAN TREE SERVICE, INC.

Issued

2000-08-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-09-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $1470.00 Reduced

Issued

2000-08-16 00:00:00

Abate by

2000-09-03 00:00:00

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 vehicle-
mounted rotating aerial device without complete and documented maintenance
and inspection
records [Reference ANSI/SIA A92.2-1990, Section 8.3]:
a)site, 452 Phelps Road, Louisburg, NC - for an employee conducting line-
clearance tree-trimming operations from the bucket of a Lift-All model
LAOC51-
1S rotating aerial device (serial number 1724128751OC) mounted on a 1996
Ford
F Series truck (VIN# 1FDXF8OC3VVA35689), and two ground crew employees
working in the vicinity of the boom.
ABATEMENT NOTE: The Operational, Maintenance, and Parts Manual for the
Lift-All
Series LOAC contains a brief inspection check list and a detailed
maintenance schedule.
These two sections could be used to produce one or more inspection lists
that could be
used by the maintenance and/or line clearance crews to ensure the proper
operation of
the Lift-All aerial devices.