OSHA Inspection: CONCRETE & MATERIALS PLACEMENT, LLC

Issued

Nov 6, 2013

Abate by

Nov 14, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,100 · Current $1,260 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 each of his employees conditions of employment
and a place of employment free from
recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious
physical harm to employees in that
employees were exposed to being struck by a collapsing concrete pumper:
a)site address- On or about 06/12/2013, a Putzmeister model BSF 56Z.165H
concrete pumper
mounted on the chassis of a 2009 model MRU 613 Mack Truck, while in the
process of
pumping concrete to a construction site with the boom extended 56 meters,
while using
inadequate cribbing, slipped from the cribbing causing the vehicle to move
forward, striking
two employees and pinning one down, causing injuries. (re: Appendix A to
the operators
manual for the vehicle, and para 2.15.1 through 2.15.4 of
BPUS03_076_1302EN operators
manual, and also the marking and decals posted on the outrigger legs of
the vehicle.)
ONE FEASIBLE MEANS OF ABATEMENT IS TO ASSURE ALL OPERATORS ARE
TRAINED IN THE PROCEDURES FOR PROPERLY SETTING UP THE VEHICLE AND
PLACING PROPER CRIBBING AND GROUND PREPARATION AS OUTLINED IN THE
OPERATORS MANUAL, THE SAFETY APPENDIX  A, AND ALL PLACARDING AND
INFORMATION LOCATED ON THE VEHICLE.