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

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 hazard of driving the skid steer off the side of the building while pushing building debris off the second floor. Second Floor: Employees operating a skid steer, were pushing building debris through a wall opening which was not provided with a stop log or equivalent. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard would be to, install stop logs at the edge of the floor before the wall opening to prevent the skid steer from being driven over the edge of the second floor while pushing demolition debris out of the building through the wall opening.