OSHA Inspection: CENTURY ACQUISTIONS, INC.

Issued

2002-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $750.00 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
employee(s) in that
employee(s) were exposed to:
(a) ESTABLISHMENT YARD  --  A D54 CATERPILLAR DOZER, WHICH IS A
BIDIRECTIONAL MACHINE, WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A POSITIVE MEANS TO
ALERT EMPLOYEE(S) IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY WHILE THIS EQUIPMENT WAS
IN REVERSE GEAR, EXPOSING EMPLOYEE(S) TO POSSIBLE FRACTURES, MULTIPLE
INTERNAL INJURIES, AND/OR DEATH IN THE EVENT AN EMPLOYEE IS STRUCK
BY THIS EQUIPMENT.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD WOULD BE TO PROVIDE THIS DOZER WITH
AN OPERATIONAL REVERSE SIGNAL ALARM DISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE
SURROUNDING NOISE LEVEL.
(b) ESTABLISHMENT YARD -- A CLARK MICHIGAN PAYLOADER, SERIAL #447A-420-
CAC, WHICH IS A BIDIRECTIONAL MACHINE, DID NOT HAVE A POSITIVE MEANS
AVAILABLE TO THE OPERATOR TO ALERT EMPLOYEE(S) IN THE IMMEDIATE
VICINITY OF ITS OPERATION IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, EXPOSING
EMPLOYEE(S) TO POSSIBLE FRACTURES, MULTIPLE INTERNAL INJURIES, AND/OR
DEATH IN THE EVENT AN EMPLOYEE IS STRUCK BY THIS EQUIPMENT.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD WOULD BE TO INSTALL AN OPERABLE
MANUAL HORN IN THE CAB OF THE PAYLOADER WHICH IS DISTINGUISHABLE
FROM THE SURROUNDING NOISE LEVEL.

Issued

2002-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-10-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $375.00 · Current $188.00 Reduced

Issued

2002-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-10-10 00:00:00