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Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph
Inspection Nr: 309184430
Citation: 01001
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Status: X
Initial Penalty: $1,500.00
Current Penalty: $1,500.00
Issuance Date: 07/06/2006
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 1
Abatement Date: 07/16/2006
Gravity: 03
Report ID: 0522500
Contest Date:
Final Order:
Related Event Code (REC):
Emphasis:
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: FALLING
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 following: a. On the site, the employer did not ensure the employee transitioning fromt he roof area to the personnel basket on the Skytrak forklift were utilizing fall protection. The employee was observed climbing from the roof area over the guardrail of the personnel basket. Among feasible means of abatement that can be used to correct this are: Ensure employees are provided with fall protection when leaving the roof area into the personnel basket, or place the basket on the roof area for a safe means of egress.