OSHA Inspection: FITZPATRICK LAWN & LANDSCAPE, INC.

Issued

Jun 2, 2009

Abate by

Jun 12, 2009

Penalty

Initial $700 · Current $490 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North
Carolina:  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 the hazard of falling from
a traveling mower:
a)jobsite, on May 20, 2009, an employee was observed standing on the mowing
deck of a Exmark Lazer Z zero turn mower while it was being driven by a co-
worker down the road.
Among other methods, one feasible method to reduce this hazard is to
follow the Exmark
operator's manual which states "NEVER carry passengers."