Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 002 Hazard:

29 CFR 1926.1425(a): The employer did not use available hoisting routes to minimize the exposure of employees to hoisted loads. a. CK Construction Group, Inc. dba Corna Kokosing Construction Company located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023, during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, the employer did not ensure available hoisting routes which minimized the exposure of employees to overhead loads were utilized. With the use of a tower crane, bundles of OSB sheathing were being offloaded from delivery trucks to the second deck of the structure. The hoisting routes did not minimize exposure to employees who were utilizing a ladder and standing at ground level within the fall zone as the loads were being repeatedly lifted from the trucks to the second deck. The following condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards from the overhead loads and a subsequent felled load event. b. CK Construction Group, Inc. dba Corna Kokosing Construction Company located at 860 Jaeger Street, Columbus, OH 43206: On or about October 4, 2023, during the construction of a mixed-use (commercial/residential) building, the controlling employer did not ensure available hoisting routes which minimized the exposure of sub-contractor employees to overhead loads were utilized. With the use of a tower crane, bundles of OSB sheathing were being offloaded from delivery trucks to the second deck of the structure. The hoisting routes did not minimize exposure to sub-contractor employees who were working at ground level within the fall zone as the loads were being repeatedly lifted from the trucks to the second deck. The following condition exposed sub-contractor employees to struck-by hazards from the overhead loads and a subsequent felled load event.