OSHA Inspection: SIGNAL SERVICE

Issued

Oct 14, 2011

Abate by

Oct 21, 2011

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2):     The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions andthe regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.    On or about 09/13/11 during the changing of electrical lights at the on and off ramp at Bagley Rd and I-71, the employer did not ensure employees were trained to recognize and abate hazards concerning temporary traffic control operations (TTC); employees did not know correct flagging procedures, when traffic vest were needed, and how and when to set up TTC warning signs.

Issued

Oct 14, 2011

Abate by

Oct 17, 2011

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(g)(2):     Traffic control signs or devices used for protection of construction workers did not conform to Part VI of the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (AMUTCD"), 1988 Edition, Revision 3, September 3, 1993, FHWA-SA-94-027 or Part VI of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Millenium Edition, December 2000, FHWA.    1. On or about 09/13/11 during the changing of electrical lights at the on and off ramp at Bagley Rd and I-71, the employer did not ensure employees used a flaggers vest or jacket that was either orange, yellow, yellow green or a flourescent versious of hese colors when flagginf traffice as required by the MUTCD section 6E.02.     2. On or about 09/13/11 during the changing of electrical lights at the on and off ramp at Bagley Rd and I-71, the employer did not ensure advance warning signs were in place to warn drivers that flagging operations were taking place as required by the MUTCD section 6G.03.

Issued

Oct 14, 2011

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a):     Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:      On or about 09/13/11 during the changing of electrical lights at the on and off ramp at Bagley Rd and I-71, the employer did not ensure employees wore protective helmets to protect them from impacting the overhead signal poles.