OSHA Inspection: ROANOKE LUMBER INC

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Penalty

Initial $450 · Current $450

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
each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of
employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely
to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that
employees were exposed to:
1)Employer Roanoke Lumber Co. failed to furnish to each
employee a temporary labor camp free from recognized hazards
in that an electrical switch in the kitchen of the temporary
labor camp is pulled loose from the wall with live electrical
parts exposed.  The hazard exists that workers in a wet
location, the kitchen of the temporary labor camp will contact
electricity resulting in serious physical harm or death.
One appropriate and feasible method of abatement is to
reattach the electrical switch to the switch box and cover
both the switch and the box with an electrical cover plate.

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Penalty

Initial $450 · Current $450

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
each of his employees conditions of employment and a place of
employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely
to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that
employees were exposed to:
1)Employer Roanoke Lumber Co. failed to furnish to each
employee a temporary labor camp free from recognized hazards
in that the temporary labor camp site was not provided with
working smoke detectors or fire extinguisher such that workers
could not control or escape from a fire in its incipient
stage.
One appropriate and feasible method of abatement is to  supply
and attach a smoke detector and fire extinguisher in the
temporary labor camp.

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Issued

Sep 8, 2000

Abate by

Sep 15, 2000

Penalty

Initial $100 · Current $100