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

29 CFR 1926.1425(c)(1): The materials being hoisted were not rigged to prevent unintentional displacement: (a)Swingen Construction Company, Inc. at 924 West Sioux Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501: On or about and at times prior to September 10, 2020, the employer did not ensure material hoisted by a 110-ton Manitowoc lattice boom crane was rigged to prevent unintentional displacement. On September 10, 2020, an employee was seriously injured after being struck-by an H-beam weighing approximately 2,900 pounds that was not rigged adequately to prevent displacement. Employees were using the open hooks of a two-legged chain rigging assembly connected to the bottom flange of an H-beam to lift one end to shift it closer to an adjacent beam to facilitate welding. As the crane lifted the end of the beam, the tack weld failed causing the H-beam to roll out of the rigging hooks and fall on an employee who was signaling the crane. This condition exposed employees to a struck-by hazard.