OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN INDUSTRIES, INC.

Issued

Feb 14, 2018

Penalty

Initial $11,641 · Current $10,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 workers/employees exposed to struck-by hazards while performing work on active roadways without adequate and sufficient signs, barriers, and/or sufficient alternative traffic patterns/work zones warning motor vehicle operators of their presence.              Location: Vicinity of 664 Boston Post Road, West Haven, CT 06516           On or about August 23, 2017 at approximately 8:55 pm, a worker, while actively attempting to alert active oncoming vehicular traffic on an active six lane roadway during work activities at nighttime with limited vehicular operator visibility, was not protected by adequate and/or sufficient signs, barriers and/or alternative traffic patterns/work zones resulting in the worker sustaining fatal injuries after being struck by a motor vehicle.            Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to:            1. Eliminate all worker/employee(s) from being exposed to active vehicular roadway traffic.           2. Establish traffic patterns/work zones in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), 1988 Edition, Revision 3, the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), Millennium Edition or a more recent, updated and stringent Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) edition and require all workers to perform all job tasks and assignments within the established traffic patterns/work zones.               3. With the assistance and approval all Federal, State and Local law enforcement agencies, close or eliminate all vehicular traffic from using roadways where active work is being performed within the roadway to eliminate all worker exposure to vehicular traffic.