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 being struck by falling structural steel members during a building collapse: a.On or about July 14, 1997, Building 221, under construction, did not have sufficient or adequate temporary and/or permanent bracing on the north and south columns, which would have provided lateral stability, preventing the building from falling in an east or west direction. b.On or about July 14, 1997, Building 220, under construction, did not have temporary or permanent cable bracing on the north and south columns from expansion joint eight to the east end wall, which would have provided lateral stability, preventing the building from falling in an east or west direction. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to ensure conformance to standard industry practice during the erection of pre-fabricated metal buildings, specifically during the placement, squaring, plumbing and securing, by the use of temporary guys and bracing, of the structural framing. Protection of structural members against loads, such as wind loads acting on the exposed framing and seismic forces comparable in intensity to those for which the completed structure is designed, as well as loads imposed due to erection equipment and erection operation, is standard industry practice. Such standard industry practice is outlined in Chapter Six, Section 6.2.5 of Metal Builders Manufacturing Association's 1996 publication entitled, Low Rise Building Systems Manual, in Section 11.1 of American National Standards Institute's Standard for Construction and Demolition Operations A10.13 (1989), in Chapter 5-56, Section 1.25 of The American Institute of Steel Construction's Steel Construction Manual, and in Section 7 of The American Institute of Steel Construction's Code of Standard Practice. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIREDATION