OSHA Inspection: LAWN SYSTEMS INC.

Issued

2006-08-31 00:00:00

Abate by

2006-09-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $750.00

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 employees were
exposed to the hazard of falls from the bucket of the backhoe:
a.Site - An employee was elevated in the bucket of the Caterpillar 420 D
backhoe,
where he was using a hedge trimmer to trim limbs from a tree.
ABATEMENT NOTE: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable means
of abatement would be to prohibit using the backhoe to elevate employees.