OSHA Inspection: ZANDSTRA CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Nov 15, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1): 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 crushing hazards where a packer was not equipped with a roll over protective system:    (a)  On or about June 18, 2012, for the employee that was killed when the BROS SP 10000 rubber-tired packer rolled over and crushed him on the east edge of SD Highway 73, Usta, SD.    NOTE:  One feasible and acceptable means of abatement would be to install a roll over protective system in accordance with the specifications established by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) under its specification SAE J1040b (1977) for new equipment manufacturing and old equipment retrofitting to protect employees on compactors.

Issued

Nov 15, 2012

Abate by

Dec 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $4,900

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury in accordance with the manufacturer's guidelines established in equipment operator's manual, or through formal training regarding the machine's stability triangle, or from training that identified the angle at which the machine would turn over coupled with the appropriate machine devices to measure that angle when in use:    (a)  On or about June 18 2012, for the employee that was killed when the BROS SP 10000 rubber-tired packer rolled over and crushed him on the east edge of SD Highway 73, Usta, SD.