OSHA Inspection: MATT CANESTRALE CONTRACTING

Issued

Apr 3, 2003

Abate by

May 6, 2003

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

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 in that employees
were exposed to crushing hazards due to lack of training on how to move
rail cars  and close
clearances created by the rail car and the frame of the excavator:
(a) Matt Canestrale Contracting, Rail Car Cleaning Area:  On or about
2/3/03, an
employee was drifting a group of rail cars into position when he was
pinched between
the car the A-Frame used to support the Cat excavator.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable abatement to correct this
hazard is to implement
a safety training program on the proper way to move rail cars.  This shall
include
training
operators/brakemen to face the direction of travel, identify and label all
close clearances, and
to avoid the pinch points created by the close clearance between the
A-Frame and the rail cars.

Issued

Apr 3, 2003

Abate by

May 6, 2003

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750