Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: CRUSHING

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 were exposed to: the danger of being crushed by and/or caught between equipment in use. a) Construction site - #20 Hillside Ave., Florham Park, N.J.; An employee delivering ready mixed concrete to a construction site via a "Mack" Concrete truck DM Series 690XS, Truck #1146, License Plate XY 71GW, did not determine that the ground conditions could handle its' load. (Reference National Safety Council Data Sheet I-617-Rev. 82; Page 2, paragraph b, Page 5, paragraph 13,18, and 20.n). One feasible and acceptable method of abatement would be to physically get out and check excavation sidewalls prior to delivery and to back up to excavation sidewalls at right angles to assure solid ground under the trucks' rear wheels. An accident occurred on 9/3/98 after the east sidewall of an excavation failed, causing aforementioned concrete truck containing 7 cubic yards of concrete (weighing approximately 56,700 pounds) to roll over and fall into an adjacent house excavation that was 19.4 feet wide x 33.5 feet long x 7 feet deep. Violation occurred on or about 9/3/98.y