OSHA Inspection: NOE TAPIA CONCRETE

Issued

2008-05-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2008-05-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1500.00 · Current $1500.00

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 exposed to hazards
posed by vehicular traffic and pedestrian traffic sharing the same travel
routes.  Between October
2007 and January 2008 employees performing work-related tasks or walking
between the lower
and the upper level of the channel at this work site were in the same
travel space utilized by
industrial vehicles, including vehicles such as but not limited to cement
trucks, front-end loaders,
and water trucks.  Employees were exposed to hazards such as being struck
by or caught in
between industrial vehicles.
Some feasible means of abatement may include, but are not limited to the
following:
(1)  A survey of the workplace to identify areas where large industrial
motor
vehicles,
including but not limited to, such vehicles as front-end loaders, water
trucks, and cement trucks,
so as to determine the potential for vehicular accidents involving
pedestrians and small motor
vehicles and the factors that would contribute to such accidents,
including but not limited to
obstructed operator vision, blind corners, restricted operational areas,
and other factors such as
excessive noise levels.
(2)  The development of a system, based upon the survey findings, to
control either the
operations of large industrial motor vehicles where pedestrians and small
motor vehicles must
be present during such operations, or to control the presence of
pedestrian and small motor
vehicles where a need exists to operate large industrial motor vehicles
continuously due to
process requirements.  Such as system should include elements as the
following:  a)  The
designation of zones restricting pedestrian and small motor vehicle
traffic where a need exists
to operate large industrial motor vehicles continuously due to process
requirements, as specified
by Chapter 12 of the National Safety Council Accident Prevention Handbook,
10th edition;  b)
the development of work rules requiring a ground man (ground guide)
working with any large
industrial motor vehicle required to operate in areas of the workplace
where small motor
vehicles and pedestrians are routinely present, as specified by Chapter 12
of the National Safety
Council Accident Prevention Handbook, 10th Edition; c)  The development of
work rules and
establishment of restricted access zones, warning signals, barricades and
procedures to be
followed; d)  Training of all employees in the provision of the program,
including initial training
for all current employees, training presented to all new hires prior to
their employment in the
channel and retraining as indicated by ongoing supervision of the employee
group.
Disclaimers:
1)  You are not limited to the abatement methods suggested above.
2)  The methods explained are general and may not be effective in all
cases.
3)  The employer is responsible for selecting and carrying out an
appropriate method.iate