OSHA Inspection: LOWCOUNTRY CONTRACTORS SERVICE, INC.

Issued

Jun 6, 2007

Abate by

Jun 11, 2007

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

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 employee operating John Deere
front end
loader/backhoe, Model Number 310SE, with no seat belt worn was exposed to
the hazard of
being thrown from backhoe at the Ocean Boulevard and 1st Avenue North
Ocean Boulevard
job site.  A feasible and useful method, among other methods, to correct
this hazard is to
ensure employee wears seat belt while operating backhoe.