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 employee in that employees were exposed to crushing hazards. a) 450 New Dorp Lane, Staten Island, NY 10306. Employee was engaged in site work for a paving operation and was exposed to the hazard of being struck by/crushed by moving machinery. This resulted in the amputation of employees leg when he was caught between the loading bucket of a backhoe and a concrete filled post when the equipment slid on the icy surface and struck employee. Condition observed by employees and noted in NYPD Police Report on or about 12/05/05. ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD, AMONG OTHER MEANS, WOULD BE FOR THE COMPANY TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OUTLINED IN CASE MANUFACTURER'S OPERATING MANUAL, PAGE 17, WHICH CAUTIONS THAT JOBSITE CONDITIONS CHANGE ON AN HOURLY BASIS AND THAT IT IS THE EMPLOYER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MONITOR SUCH CHANGES AND KEEP MACHINERY A SAFE DISTANCE FROM EMPLOYEES. IN ADDITION, FOLLOW THE AEM (ASSOCIATION OF EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS) RECOMMENDATIONS, PAGE 15, WHICH CAUTIONS OPERATOR TO LEARN ABOUT THE CONDITIONS IN THE WORK AREA AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS DURING ICY CONDITIONS.