OSHA Inspection: MC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Dec 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $400 Reduced

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 employees
were exposed to the hazard of being struck-by vehicular traffic:
a) Jobsite, vicinity of 668 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC - Employees
were
exposed to vehicular traffic during the installation of fiber optic cable
on
existing utility poles without having an established a work zone in
accordance with the US Department of Transportation Manual on Uniform
Traffic
Control Devices (MUTCD) or applicable state and local laws and regulations.
Abatement Note: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement
method
to correct this hazard would be to establish a Roadway Work Zone on the
'traveled
way' prior to beginning work on highways including right-of-ways.
according to
directives established in Part 6, Temporary Traffic Control, Table 6H-1 /
Index to
Typical Applications of the MUTCD, 2009 Edition.

Issued

Dec 18, 2012

Abate by

Dec 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $400 Reduced