OSHA Inspection: UNITED STATES SUGAR CORPORATION

Issued

May 22, 2003

Abate by

Sep 30, 2003

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(A)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to each of his employees employment and a
place of employment
which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or were likely
to cause death or
serious physical harm to employees in that employees working on a farm
were exposed to the
hazard of drowning:
On or about 02/04/03, at the range 39-section 15 of the Township 43 farm,
employees traveling
to their work site were exposed to the hazard of drowning while driving
alongside an
unprotected canal with limited visibility due to adverse weather
conditions.
Among others, feasible and acceptable abatement methods include: (a) place
reflective markers
alongside the road between the canal and the road to identify when the
vehicle is off the road,
and (b) divide the road from the canal by placing a berm between the road
and the canal or
install another physical barrier to prevent vehicles from leaving the road
and accidently entering
the canal.
PLEASE NOTE: DOCUMENTATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS
VIOLATION.