OSHA Inspection: KNOTT CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Nov 6, 2012

Abate by

Nov 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

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 to each of his employees
conditions of
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 an
employee was exposed to struck-by hazards:
a) Forest City jobsite, 302 Duke Street, Forest City, NC - Employee was
standing
approximately 50-feet from a debris pile while the pile was being moved by
a CAT
330BL trackhoe when he was struck by a metal pipe at least 70-feet long as
it
was removed from a debris pile and held by the bucket and thumb of a
trackhoe.
Abatement Note: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement
method to
correct this hazard is to survey the material in the debris pile and
ensure that
employees are not allowed to be within the possible reach of the material
being
handled.

Issued

Nov 6, 2012

Abate by

Nov 9, 2012

Penalty

Initial $150 · Current $150