OSHA Inspection: CHES-MONT DISPOSAL, LLC

Issued

Sep 12, 2008

Abate by

Oct 1, 2008

Penalty

Initial $875 · Current $875

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 hazard(s) that
were causing or were likely to
cause death or serious physical harm to employee(s) in that employee(s)
were exposed to struck by or crushing
hazards by moving vehicles:
a)  Recycle dump site at 1050 Bethlehem Pike, Montgomeryville, PA -- a
rear-loading compacting
garbage truck (company number RL01, McNeilus/Mack) had faulty brakes which
allowed its forward
movement while unloading and posed a crushing hazard to employees, on or
about 4/18/08.
Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable abatement methods to
correct this hazard are to:
1)  As per ANSI Z245.1 entitled Mobile Wastes and Recyclable Materials
Collection,
Transportation, and Compaction Equipment - Safety Requirements, implement
a Safety
Program which includes a hazard assessment, an evaluation of the means and
methods
of
controlling those hazards, a written program to include
operation/inspection/maintenance
procedures, prohibited practices, recordkeeping, training requirements,
and reference to
utilized documents; a program for the implementation of the written
program, and periodic
reviews/revisions to ensure the effectiveness of the Program;
2)  to utilize (and enforce the utilization of) pre- and post-trip
inspections and to require the
immediate removal of faulty equipment;
3)  to require that vehicles be put in neutral while collecting or
dumping, to train employees in
this procedure, and to monitor and enforce this requirement; and/or
4)  to install automatic neutral interlocks in all vehicles equipped with
automatic transmissions
to preclude the use of compacting or other auxiliary equipment when the
truck's transmission
is in "drive".
Abatement certification required within 10 days after abatement date.  The
certification shall include a
statement that abatement is complete, the date and method of abatement,
and state that employees and
their representatives were informed of this abatement.

Issued

Sep 12, 2008

Abate by

Oct 1, 2008

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

Issued

Sep 12, 2008

Abate by

Oct 1, 2008

Issued

Sep 12, 2008

Abate by

Oct 1, 2008