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

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 of being crushed by the concrete and concrete form work as a result of form work being loaded beyond its safe working capacity: (a) Digital Building Construction Site, Hudson, MA: On or about 1/7/93, adjustable screw support shores along the west edge of the concrete form work for Fab 6.1 waffle slab were loaded beyond the safe working load. (b) Digital Building Construction Site, Hudson, MA: On or about 1/7/93, the wood support blocks for the column bases along the west edge of the concrete form work for Fab 6.1 waffle slab were loaded beyond the safe working load. (c) Digital Building Construction Site, Hudson, MA: Erection of the concrete form work used on site was performed without adequate documentation from either the manufacturer of a person competent in the field of concrete form work design for items such as but not limited to the form work base supports, column flange fasteners and girder splices. NOTE: Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to have either the manufacturer of the concrete form work or a competent person in the design of concrete forms develop accurate and complete instruction and specifications for the total concrete form work to be used.