OSHA Inspection: PAUL YODER CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2006-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish
employmnent 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:
On the south side of the 13680 Cleveland Ave. job site, an employee of
Paul Yoder Construction was exposed
to a fall hazard when working 10' high on a plywood skid extended by a
rough terrain forklift. This condition
did not meet the design and use requirements of ASME B56.6 Section 5.15.1
(a) in the following areas: 1) On
the forks of the rough terrain lift the company did not have the employee
on a personnel platform that
complied with the design requirements listed in Part III of the ASME
B56.6-2002 Standard.
Among other methods a feasible and acceptable means of abatement of these
hazards are to use a safer
alternate method such as the use of a platform approved by the manufacture
meeting the requirements of
ASME B56.6-2002 for the attachments on rough terrain lifts.n

Issued

2006-01-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-01-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced