OSHA Inspection: O. G. DIRTWORKS

Issued

2005-03-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-03-09 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
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:the hazard of falling off of the dirt-work attachment of a
Bobcat  Skid-Steer including
striking the ground and being run over.
At 13981 Eastgate Drive, Rogers, Arkansas: An employee of O. G. Dirtworks
was
exposed to injury while riding atop the dirt-work attachment of a Bobcat
873Skid-Steer
as it transported the employee and a wheel barrow, which was also atop the
attachment
along Eastgate Drive to the jobsite. Among other methods, one feasible and
acceptable
abatement method to correct this hazardous condition would be to Among
other methods,
one feasible and acceptable method to correct this hazard is to require
and effectively
enforce the rules of operation recommended for by the manufacturer and to
provide
in
depth training for all personnel required to use the Bobcat Skid- Steer,
including hands-
on training and supervised on-the-job training, prior to employees being
permitted to use
the equipment.