OSHA Inspection: ALLEN & MAJOR ASSOCIATES, INC

Issued

Mar 26, 2015

Penalty

Initial $4,900 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 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 struck by hazards from motor vehicles driving though their work area while doing engineering survey work in the middle of an active roadway without any signs or barriers to warn traffic of their presence or divert traffic around their work location:  a) Main St. (at Court St. intersection), Springfield , MA: On or about January 21, 2015, 2 employees were observed doing engineering survey work in the middle of an active roadway without any warning signs and/or barricades to alert and/or divert traffic which was coming in all 4 directions relative to their work location. Among other feasible and acceptable methods to abate this hazard would include the proper placement of advance warning signage. These abatement methods are discussed in detail in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) Millennium Edition Section 6G.03.  Specific abatement documentation that this violation has been corrected must be provided within 10 days of the abatement in accordance with 29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1).