OSHA Inspection: PRO-TEK CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Feb 27, 2014

Abate by

Mar 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $1,000

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 a fall hazard:
a)2108 Jacks Ford Dr. - where one employee was performing metal cutting
with an angle
grinder on the entryway framework of the doorway while standing on a
wooden pallet placed
on the forks of a JCB extended-boom rough terrain forklift elevated to
approximately 14-feet
above muddy earth without any type of fall protection system in use.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to use
appropriately designed personnel lifting equipment such as scissors-lift
type vehicles or bucket trucks.
Reference: ASME B56.6-1992, Paragraph 5.15.1: "A rough terrain forklift
truck should not be used to lift
people unless there is no other practical option.  If a rough terrain
forklift truck must be used to lift people,
the following precautions for the protection of the personnel shall be
taken: (a) Provide a personnel platform
which complies with the design requirements listed in Part III of this
Standard."ts

Issued

Feb 27, 2014

Abate by

Mar 7, 2014

Issued

Feb 27, 2014

Abate by

Mar 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Feb 27, 2014

Abate by

Mar 7, 2014