OSHA Inspection: LINDE ENTERPRISES INC

Issued

Dec 20, 2006

Abate by

Apr 15, 2007

Penalty

Initial $5,600 · Current $2,800 Reduced

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 an employee was
exposed to struck by hazards from working in the swing radius of an
excavator:
a) In the vicinity of 101 Penn Avenue, Scranton, PA - A Bobcat 341
excavator with
rotating superstructure was being operated in close proximity to a small
dump truck.
The area between the truck and excavator was not barricaded, marked or
guarded to
prevent entry, on or about July 18, 2006.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
One feasible and useful method to correct this hazard is to provide
barricades,
warning lines or
other effective recognized procedures to prevent access into the area of
the swing radius of
equipment/machinery.: