OSHA Inspection: IREDELL COUNTY SOLID WASTE FACILITY

Issued

Apr 12, 2005

Abate by

Apr 20, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,925 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of North Carolina:  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 employees were exposed
to the hazard of being struck by a falling concrete wall:
a)recycle goods area, 2/8/05, a community service worker
was struck by a concrete barrier panel that was
overturned by an employee operating a Bobcat skid steer
loader.  Employees were assigned to work in the area
where the accident occurred when no community service
workers were available, exposing employees to the
overturning wall hazard.
Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable abatement
method to correct this hazard is to: (a) when #740 "L"
panels are installed together, bolt the panels together
to increase stability and (b) set up panels so that the
tongue and groove fittings appropriately match up and (c)
train Bobcat skid steer loader operator to enter straight
into recycle bin and maintain a safe distance from the
barrier panels.