OSHA Inspection: BERRY FAMILY OF NURSERIES

Issued

2011-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-10-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4200.00 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:
West nursery road; on or about April 17, 2011, employee groups engaged in
the pulling of
customer plant orders used farm tractor pulled trailers to transit the
nursery and move the plants
from the growing grounds to the loading docks; excessive speed of tractors
going down hill
resulted in the loss of tractor control.  This exposed employees to the
hazard of being struck by
a tractor and/or its attending trailer(s); this includes over turning
tractors. A fatal accident
occurred when a tractor operator lost control of a tractor and was
ejected; the tractor
subsequently overturned striking the operator.  Employees riding on the
trailers received
abrasions, with one receiving severe finger lacerations.  Among other
methods, one feasible and
acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to assure that all
tractor operators are
trained on their responsibilities to safely operate tractors and that
management rigidly enforces
safe speed control.

Issued

2011-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-10-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4200.00 Reduced

Issued

2011-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-10-25 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $4200.00 Reduced

Issued

2011-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-11-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

Issued

2011-10-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-10-12 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $3000.00 Reduced