OSHA Inspection: LEADERSCAPE LLC

Issued

2010-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-09-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $600.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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:
On or about 07/20/2010 on a job site located on Sandpiper/Okeechobee Blvd,
West Palm Beach,
an employee was exposed to a fall hazard as he worked from the top step of
a metal portable
ladder to perform landscaping work.
Among other methods of abatement, one feasible and acceptable method to
correct the hazard
is to prohibit employees from standing on the top step of a portable
ladder to perform their job.

Issued

2010-09-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-09-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $600.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced