OSHA Inspection: HORRY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

Issued

2007-06-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2007-06-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $400.00 Reduced

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 Vermeer
backhoe, Model
Number RT650, with no seat belt worn was exposed to the hazard of being
thrown from lift
at the Sea Pines Apartment complex.  A feasible and useful method, among
other methods,
to correct this hazard is to ensure employee wears seat belt while
operating backhoe.