OSHA Inspection: MASSENGALE GROUNDS MANAGEMENT, INC.

Issued

2005-03-18 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-03-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $450.00 Reduced

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 a place of employment which was 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 following condition(s):
a)  Employees performing grounds work along side of the roadway were not
provided
with reflective warning garments to protect against the hazard posed by
the passing
motor vehicles as described in Part VI of the Manual on Uniform Traffic
Control
(MUTCD), Millennium Edition, December 2000, Section 6D.02 Worker
Considerations, SubSection (B), which states, "Worker Clothing - workers
close to
the motor vehicle traveled way should wear bright highly visible clothing
(see Section
6E.02)."
Among other methods, acceptable abatement methods to correct this hazard
are to
provide employees with highly visible garments as described in the MUTCD,
Section
6E.02 (i.e. orange, yellow, yellow-green, or a fluorescent version of
these colors) and
to provide training on how to work next to motor vehicle traffic in a way
that
minimizes their vulnerability.