OSHA Inspection: PROFESSIONAL CONCRETE CONST.DBA PROFESSIONAL DEBRI

Issued

Aug 29, 2005

Abate by

Sep 1, 2005

Penalty

Initial $250 · Current $250

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 to each of his employees  conditions of
employment and a place of
employment free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to
cause death or serious physical
harm to employees, in that employees were exposed to falls from the bed of
a truck:
a)site - where two employees were exposed to falls of more than 8 feet
while leveling
construction debris, including broken concrete, drywall, paper and lumber,
being loaded
into the bed of a Ford F650 Dump Truck.  There were no protective rails on
the sides and
back of the truck bed.
ABATEMENT NOTE:  Among other methods, employees could be protected by a
railing around the
truck bed by installing vertical extensions in/over the walls of the
existing bed rail with attached
horizontal railing; or a work policy which removes employees from the bed
of the truck when a fall
protection system is not used.m

Issued

Aug 29, 2005

Abate by

Sep 1, 2005

Issued

Aug 29, 2005

Abate by

Sep 1, 2005

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500