OSHA Inspection: BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA-VIKING COUNCIL

Issued

Oct 20, 2004

Abate by

Oct 25, 2004

Penalty

Initial $18,000 · Current $18,000

General-duty citation text

Minn. Stat. 182.653 subd. 2:  The employer did not furnish to each
employee, conditions of
employment and a place of employment free from recognized hazards which
caused or were
likely to cause death or serious injury to employees:
The employer failed to render its workplace free of the hazard of
drowning.  The hazard
of drowning is recognized by various sources.  The hazard caused the death
of one
employee and was likely to cause death or serious physical harm to two
other employees
exposed to it.  Moreover, several feasible means existed to eliminate or
to materially
reduce the hazard of drowning.  Finally, the employer knew, or with
reasonable
diligence could have known, about the factual conditions that constituted
the recognized
hazard of drowning in this case.

Issued

Oct 20, 2004

Abate by

Nov 13, 2004