Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 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 of falling approximately 25 feet while working on a Spyder type suspension scaffold: a) On 9/22/88, employee was required to sandblast windbracing on 1,000,000 gallon waster tower while working off of a one man Spyder scaffold, suspended by a single rope. Employee could suffer major fractures or death in the event of rope failure. Among othe methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to provide and independent life line and require the employee to be tied off at all times while working on a scaffold, with a safety belt and lanyard and a device which will limit a fall to to 6 feet or less.