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Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph
Inspection Nr: 304039753
Citation: 01001
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Status: I
Initial Penalty: $3,000.00
Current Penalty: $1,500.00
Issuance Date: 01/30/2001
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 2
Abatement Date: 02/02/2001
Gravity: 10
Report ID: 0112600
Contest Date:
Final Order:
Related Event Code (REC): R
Emphasis:
| Type | Latest Event | Event Date | Penalty | Abatement Due Date | Citation Type | Failure to Abate Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Penalty | A: Amendment | 02/27/2001 | $1,500.00 | 02/02/2001 | Serious | |
| Penalty | Z: Issued | 01/30/2001 | $3,000.00 | 02/02/2001 | Serious |
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: FALLING
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 from falling a distance of 14 ft to the ground when working on a free standing unstable structure. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to limit the height at which work is being done on the free standing structures to a distance no greater than four times the minimum base dimension of the structure to avoid having the structure tip over. A) LOCATION: FINISHING AREA WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE ERECTION OF A MEZZANINE, WERE ON A FREE STANDING SECTION OF A RACK SYSTEM AT A LEVEL OF 170" AND THE MINIMUM BASE DIMENSION WAS ONLY 42" WIDE, CREATING A HEIGHT TO WIDTH RATION GREATER THAN FOUR TO ONE (4:1) AND AN UNSTABLE STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE TIPPED OVER WHILE WORK WAS BEING DONE ON IT.