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

THE EMPLOYER IS NOT LIMITED TO THE ABATEMENT METHODS SUGGESTED BY OSHA; THE METHODS EXPLAINED ARE GENERAL AND MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE IN ALL CASES; AND THE EMPLOYER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING AND CARRYING OUT AN EFFECTIVE ABATEMENT METHOD. 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: RIG NO. 500 - THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY CONDITION INVOLVED AND A FALL HAZARD, OF APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE (135) FEET ABOVE THE DRILL RIG FLOOR EXISTED WHEN AN EMPLOYEE WAS PERMITTED TO RIDE THE TUGGER LINE OF RIG NO. 500. ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD AMONG OTHERS TO CORRECT THE HAZARD IS TO ASSURE EMPLOYEES RIDING THE TUGGER LINE SHALL WEAR A SAFETY BELT WITH APPROPRIATE LANYARD AND SAFETY ATTACHMENT AND ADJUSTED TO PREVENT A FALL OF MORE THAN FIVE (5) FEET SUCH AS SPECIFIED BY API RP54 FIRST EDITION JANUARY 1981, PAGE 11, SECTION 4.8 RIDING HOISTING EQUIPMENT, PARAGRAPH 4.8.1 AND THAT A BOSUN'S CHAIR ATTACHED TO THE TRAVELING BLOCK OR TUGGER LINE MAY BE USED TO REACH AN OTHERWISE INACCESSIBLE LOCATION, PAGE 12, PARAGRAPH 4.8.4. THIS CONDITION OCCURRED ON OR ABOUT JULY 5, 1990, APPROXIMATELY 7:45 P.M.