OSHA Inspection: PEREZ TREE SERVICE & LANDSCAPING, INC.

Issued

2013-09-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-10-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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:     a) The employer did not provide instruction to employees performing flagging in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to their work environment to control or minimize the hazards associated with their work.     In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).

Issued

2013-09-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.201(a)(1):  The use of flaggers, signaling by flaggers or the warning garments worn by flaggers did not conform to Part IV of the manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices ("MUTCD"), 1988 Edition, Revision 3, September 3 or Part VI of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, Millenium Edition, December 2000, FHWA, which are incorporated by reference:  a)  The employer did not conform to Part IV of the MUTCD Section 6E-5 where employees were exposed to the hazard of being struck by moving vehicles while performing flagging tasks within an active roadway without sign paddles or flags to safely transfer vehicular traffic, on Beach Road between Creek Court and Tewes Street in Beach Park, Illinois.     No abatement certification or documentation required for this item.

Issued

2013-09-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.200(g)(1): Construction areas were not posted with legible traffic signs at points of hazards:    a) Employees were permitted to work in and near a traveled roadway of Beach Road between Creek Court and Tewes Street in Beach Park, Illinois, without channelizing road users from the normal path to a new path past the work area as required by Part IV of the MUTCD Section 6C-2b, thereby exposing employees to struck-by hazards.    In accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(c), abatement certification is required for this violation (using the CERTIFICATION OF CORRECTIVE ACTION WORKSHEET).