OSHA Inspection: TRAFFIC REGULATORS

Issued

Oct 18, 2010

Abate by

Oct 28, 2010

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $525 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 a struck by or crush hazard if they fell from a moving
truck
gate while
retrieving traffic markers:
a) Mile Post 125-130.6 - Employees stood on the rear gate of a reverse
moving cube van
to retrieve bigfoot traffic lane markers without the benefit of railing,
or other protective
system in place to provide protection from falling off the truck, and
exposing the workers
to a struck by or crush hazard, observed on or about 7-22-10.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
Among other methods of abatement, a feasible and acceptable method to
correct this hazard is:
(A) Provide a platform with guardrails as a means of restraint to keep the
employee on the gate
while retrieving the markers;
(B) Retrieve and/or replace traffic markers after the truck comes to a
halt,
keeping the employee
upright and standing behind railings on the truck gate;
(C) Purchase and use an automatic traffic marker setter/retriever where
the operator stays inside
the truck bed and simply loads or unloads a conveyor which picks up the
markers.