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

29 CFR 1926.600(a)(3)(i): Heavy machinery, equipment, or parts thereof, which are suspended or held aloft by use of slings, hoists, or jacks shall be substantially blocked or cribbed to prevent falling or shifting before employees are permitted to work under or between them. On September or about 10, 2019 located near Orion station area there was a section of track with cantilevered attached catwalk identified as MCT F9065 ST8, which had the section of track resting on cribbing located on the ground with the cantilevered attached catwalk load rigged by a rough terrain forklifts elevated forks and sling attached to the catwalks guardrails while employees were underneath the cantilevered catwalk torqueing bolts when the sling was released without maintaining structural stability of the load during the process by an adequate stabilization system to prevent falling or shifting of the load causing the track section with cantilevered catwalk to overturn exposing employees working under the load to be exposed to potential crushing hazards by the overturning structural steel section of track with cantilevered attached catwalk.