OSHA Inspection: SANTORO, INC.

Issued

2002-02-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-02-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish 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 performing chalk
line operations on asphalt outside the coned construction zone which was
adjacent to an active
traffic lane.
Location:  Interstate 95 Eastbound, Exit 32 on ramp, Stratford, CT
Employees were applying chalk lines to asphalt on I-95 in Stratford, CT
outside the designated
construction zone.
Among other methods, one feasible abatement method to correct the hazard
would be to snap
the chalk lines a safe distance from the edge of the construction zone
edge adjacent to the active
traffic lane based on written procedures.