Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: STRUCK BY

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 being struck by objects falling from above: a) Employees working on the ground level were exposed to material and debris from concrete stripping operations being conducted on the upper floors of the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Life Sciences Building. Observed 5/4/90 ABATEMENT NOTE: Among other methods one feasible and acceptable method of abatement would be to attach a tag line to material being stripped and to barricade the ground level beneath the area being stripped to prevent employees from being exposed to and being struck by materials falling form overhead.