OSHA Inspection: SUMTER UTILITIES, INC.

Issued

Apr 27, 2005

Abate by

May 3, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,275

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended,
as
follows:
A.   Employer knew or should have known employee elevated in excess of 10
feet above
ground level while standing on front bucket of Caterpillar 416C
backhoe/loader, on east side
of highway, was exposed to the hazard of falling from the bucket to ground
level.  A feasible
and useful method to correct this hazard, among other methods, is to use
an extensible boom
aerial lift platform with correct fall protection measures implemented and
prohibit use of
backhoe to elevate employees.