Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: STRUCK BY

Section 5(a)1 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish to each of his employees 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: On or about 4/20/05, on the east side of the roof, an employee was exposed to a struck by hazard because he was rotating a steel beam that was not secured at its pivot point. The exposed employee was unable to secure the end of the beam at it's pivot point. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method is to secure the steel beam at its fulcrum before manually attempting to rotate it. PLEASE NOTE: CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.