OSHA Inspection: TOWN OF HONEA PATH

Issued

2007-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-03-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $120.00 · Current $120.00

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees standing in the
bucket of the JCB
215 Series 3 backhoe, Serial Number 838, were exposed to the hazard of
being thrown from
the bucket of the backhoe.  A feasible and useful means of abatement,
among other methods,
is to prohibit the use of a back hoe bucket as a working platform.