OSHA Inspection: GUADALUPE GUEVARA ROCHA

Issued

2010-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1250.00 · Current $1250.00

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 and struck-by hazards:
At this location, on or about July 01, 2010 employees involved in a
watermelon
harvesting operation were not prohibited from riding on the produce
trailer,
loaded with watermelons, from the fields to the paved FM road at the farm
entrance.  The produce trailer was not equipped with passenger seating.
Employees sat on the watermelons or stood on the trailer hitch, the tongue
of the
trailer, or wherever space was available.  Employees riding on top of the
harvested watermelons and/or standing on the trailer were exposed to
falling and
struck-by hazards:
Among other methods of abatement, one feasible and acceptable means of
abatement would be to provide employee transport to and from the fields in
a
vehicle equipped with approved passenger seating and instruct employees
not to
ride on trailers or wagons loaded with harvested crops or empty.

Issued

2010-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $500.00 · Current $500.00

Issued

2010-10-26 00:00:00

Abate by

2010-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00