OSHA Inspection: FIRST GROUP, PLC

Issued

Jan 25, 2016

Abate by

Feb 19, 2016

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a) (1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:    First Student, Inc. located approximately at 3333 Keystone Drive, Omaha, NE 68134: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to fall hazards when walking/working on the tops of school buses and/ or rolling stock     Employees are exposed to falls of approximately 10 feet above lower levels while working on top of school buses and/ or rolling stock to perform maintenance and/ or salvaging activities without the use of fall protection.    Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods of abatement are: 1.      Install fall protection equipment to prevent falls 2.      Train employees on the use of fall protection and the hazards associated with falls. 3.      Develop work rules and disciplinary procedures prohibiting the walking/ working on the tops of school buses and/ or other types of rolling stock without the use of fall protection. 4.      Work with the manufacturers of the school buses and/ or other types of rolling stock to ensure that fall protection equipment is able to be in place and used by employees accessing the tops of the school buses and/ or other types rolling stock while walking/working on them.