OSHA Inspection: HD SUPPLY WATERWORKS, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

Issued

Jun 26, 2012

Abate by

Jun 29, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,700 · Current $2,700

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
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 hazards:
a)on the site, fall protection measures were not utilized
by employees accessing flatbed trailers, as on March 27,
2012, an employee was standing on the back of a flatbed
trailer when he fell 52" to the ground and struck his
head on the asphalt.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method
to abate the hazard is to work from the ground.