OSHA Inspection: CONCRETE SERVICES COMPANY, INC.

Issued

2002-07-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-09-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2100.00 · Current $2100.00

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 each of his employees conditions of employment and a place
of employment free from recognized
hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical
harm to employees in that employees were
exposed to: Struck by hazards of falling steel beams.
a)job site - a commercial ready mix concrete truck was driven into a
construction area with overhead
obstructions without having a clear sighting of the overhead beams,
thereby striking the steel beams,
dis-lodging them and causing them to fall and strike an employee.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to
require the driver to exit the vehicle to check for over head obstructions
before backing or driving the
concrete truck into a partially constructed building. Reference: National
Safety Council Data Sheet 1-617 Rev. 86, page 07, Basic Safety Rules for
Concrete Truck Drivers, paragraph 20-f.raph