OSHA Inspection: MCCABE CONSTRUCTION, INCORPORATED

Issued

2011-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5390.00 · Current $4851.00 Reduced

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 hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to
employees in that employees
were exposed to fall, struck by and caught in hazards while working from
and riding in an
excavator bucket:
(a)Construction site near UWEC 5 Roosevelt Avenue, Eau Claire, WI; An
employee
was working from a 3 yard sand bucket, suspended approximately 8' 6" by a
Volvo EC460B model excavator, to access a vertical pipe above a trench.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE MEANS OF
ABATEMENT COULD INCLUDE, BUT MAY NOT BE LIMITED TO; 1) FOLLOW
THE VOLVO EC460B OPERATORS MANUAL WHICH STATES ON PAGE 113,
"DO NOT OPERATE THE MACHINE WHILE SOMEONE IS HANGING ON OR IN
THE BUCKET OR ATTACHMENTS." 2) FOLLOW THE ASSOCIATION OF
EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS (AEM) SAFETY MANUAL FOR OPERATING
AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL- HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR, DATED 02/03,
WHICH STATES ON PAGE 20 "WARNING: NEVER USE A BUCKET FOR A
WORK PLATFORM OR PERSONNEL CARRIER."  3) FOLLOW THE NIOSH
PUBLICATION, PREVENTING INJURIES WHEN WORKING WITH HYDRAULIC
EXCAVATORS AND BACKHOE LOADERS, WHICH STATES "NEVER PERMIT
WORKERS TO RIDE IN OR WORK FROM EXCAVATOR OR BACKHOE LOADER
BUCKETS."
Abatement note: Abatement certification and documentation are required for
this item in
accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR 1903.19(d).s

Issued

2011-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3850.00 · Current $1925.00 Reduced

Issued

2011-05-19 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-07-15 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $26950.00 · Current $24255.00 Reduced