Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: STRUCK BY

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: 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 working at or adjacent to leveler machine(s) were exposed to a laceration and/or amputation hazard due to the material being moved by the machine(s): One feasible and acceptable method to abate this hazard is to provide and utilize awareness barriers that would either contact any part of the body to create awareness of an approaching or nearby hazard, or would prevent ready entry or access to the hazard. In that employees were subject to being struck by a rope and/or pulley during a tree removal operation: a) 4035 Mulberry Avenue, Trevose, PA - A wet synthetic rope (nylon)was being used to secure a snatch block to a tree without appropriate precautions being taken to prevent a knot in it from slipping. A feasible and useful means of abatement would be to use a double knot rather than a single knot so as to prevent the knot from slipping on or about July 11, 1990.