OSHA Inspection: L. DEAN WEAVER CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

Jul 29, 2009

Abate by

Aug 3, 2009

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

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,0 as
follows:
A. Employer knew or should have known that employee operating Hitachi
trackhoe, Model
330 without seatbelt worn exposed the employer to the hazard of being
thrown from track
hoe at the Walgreen Drug Store job site.  A feasible and useful method to
correct this
hazard, among other methods, is to ensure operator wears seatbelt while
operating trackhoe.
B. Employer knew or should have known that employee operating
mini-excavator, Model
KX1213, without seatbelt worn was exposed to the hazard of being thrown
from the
excavator at the Walgreen Drug Store job site.  A feasible and useful
method, among other
methods, to correct this hazard is to ensure employee wears seatbelt while
operating
excavator.