OSHA Inspection: MORGAN SANITATION & RECYCLING CORP

Issued

2023-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $15625.00 · Current $12500.00 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  in that employees were exposed to struck-by or crushing hazards due to the ejection of an overloaded rear load refuse container.  a) Tomblin Hardware, Oceana, WV: On or about July 12, 2023, and times prior, employees used a 25 cubic yard Pak-Mor Rear Loader refuse collection vehicle to collect waste from a 12-foot-long rear load refuse container. Employees were exposed to ejection/struck-by hazards from the refuse container due to modifications completed on the vehicle that did not adequately secure the load in place and operating the packing mechanism with the refuse container off the ground.

Issued

2023-09-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2023-10-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4465.00 · Current $3500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.147(c)(1):The employer did not establish a program consisting of an energy control procedure, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performed any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, startup or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative:  a) 23 Sanitation Drive, Simon, WV: On or about July 12, 2023, and times prior, employees are involved in service and maintenance activities, such as but not limited to, performing maintenance inside the body of the compacting equipment, without the employer developing and implementing a hazardous energy control program which includes procedures, employee training, and inspections related to the control of hazardous energy during these events.