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

29 CFR 1910.179(n)(2)(ii):The load was not attached to the load block hook by means of slings or other approved devices: a) On or about 03/17/2025 and at times prior, in the Annealing Bay (BFS-Bar Finishing Storage East) area, employees were exposed to struck-by and crushed-by hazards when approved lifting devices were not used. Employees, moving bundles of steel bars weighing approximately 1,500 - 3,200 pounds from a staging area onto an entry roll table of the annealing furnace, attached an overhead crane's two-leg chain sling directly to carbon tie wire that is used to wrap the bundles of steel bars. The carbon tie wire was not rated or approved for lifting. ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED.