Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 003 Hazard: LIFTING

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 struck by hazards created when the employer exceeded the manufacturers's recommended capacity of a lifting device: Staging Area - A make shift hoisting device located on the roof of a building was used to lower containers of construction debris from the building's upper floors. The employer did not take reasonable measures to adequately calculate the weights of the loads imposed on the hoisting device prior to or during the operation. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable mean of abatement would be to determine the actual capacity of the lifting device and the weight of the loads lowered from the building. An additional means would be to use a trash chute or some other safe means to remove the refuse.