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21 VSA Title 23, Chapter 3, Sub-Chapter 5, Section 223(a): 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 hazards associated with operating a articulating aerial bucket truck equipped with defective and worn suspension springs. Location: 287 Shelburne Road, Burlington; Articulating boom truck, Ford E-350, Vermont Registration AAH-697 VIN: FFTSE34L2YHB80093 Violation: 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 hazards while operating a boom truck, using the aerial lift boom, equipped with worn and defective rear springs, a defective boom rest, and an inoperative device that lowers the boom in the event of an emergency. A feasible and useful method to correct the hazard. The most feasible and useful method to abate this hazard is to remove the truck from service therefore eliminating the hazard for employees until the time arrived to repair the deficiency. Since the truck had defective rear springs, the truck could not be operated.