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: a.On the worksite, in the stockhouse, the employer did not furnish a workplace which was free from hazards that the employer recognized that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck by hazards from the torch cutting of scrap steel from coiled rolls. On or about February 12, 2006, an employee was using an oxygen acetylene torch to cut a piece of scrap steel from a coiled steel roll, and was fatally injured when it released, struck, and crushed him. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to: Review and follow the employer's JSA # SH05 titled "Cutting Long Scrap to Charging Size" for cutting scrap steel.