OSHA Inspection: WOLF CREEK GOLF COURSE

Issued

2001-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $35000.00 · Current $21000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Nevada Revised Statute 618.375(1):  The employer did not furnish
employment and a place of
employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or
likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees:
(a)The employer did not ensure that employees were properly operating and
utilizing John
Deere ProGator Utility Vehicles - Model 2030 - at Paradise Canyon LLC,
Mesquite,
NV.  The employer knowingly and repeatedly allowed or caused one or more
employees
to be transported in the bed area of the utility vehicles, as employees
were transported
to and from their work locations around the golf course.  The employer was
aware from
the operator's manual, as well as from signs on the vehicles themselves,
that the
manufacturer specifically prohibits persons from riding in the beds of
these vehicles.  On
December 6, 2000 an employee was standing up in the bed of a John Deere
ProGator
Utility Vehicle and was being transported from the golf course back to the
office.
The
driver of the vehicle made a sudden unannounced right turn causing the
employee to lose
his balance and fall out of the vehicle and onto the asphalt pavement.  He
landed on his
head, sustaining massive head trauma.  He was transported to University
Medical Center
in Las Vegas where he later died as a result of his injuries.
Reference John Deere ProGator Utility Vehicle Operator's Manual, page 1,
which states -
Machine Safety Labels - Warning - Riders Can Fall Off and Be Killed -
Maximum of One
Person To A Seat - No Riders In Box or Anywhere Else; page 7, which states
- Avoid Tipping -
Accidents resulting in serious injury or death can occur from tipping the
utility vehicle.
Observe the following practices to help prevent accidents....Never allow
riders in the cargo box
or other areas where seats are not provided; and page 9, which states -
Keep Riders Off Vehicle
- Seating is provided for operator and one passenger.  No riders are
allowed in cargo box or
anywhere else on vehicle.
One feasible and acceptable means of abatement would be to follow the John
Deere Operator's
Manual and not allow riders in the Box or anywhere else.

Issued

2001-05-11 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $500.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced