OSHA Inspection: ROCKDALE PIPELINE, INC.

Issued

May 31, 2001

Abate by

Jun 5, 2001

Penalty

Initial $1,750 · Current $1,750

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
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 the hazard of being struck by and/or crushed by excavator
bucket:
a)on or about May 12, 2001, employees did not stay clear of
overhead exposures while working; An employee walked or
worked under the bucket of an excavator to attach cables
and hooks to lifting eyes on a concrete manhole while the
excavator was operating.
one feasible means of abatement would be to make sure to
never allow personnel to walk or work under any part of
the machine while the machine is on and/or operating.
b)employer did not follow procedures established by the
operator's manual for the JRB coupler to choose a
location in the cab to mount the electrical box where the
operator can conveniently work the switch and see the
light.
one feasible means of abatement would be to install the
electrical box in a location in the cab in front of the
operator, within reach but in an area where the operator
would not inadvertently hit the switch.tently