Violation Detail
Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph
Inspection Nr: 101054229
Citation: 01001
Citation Type: Serious
Abatement Date: 07/16/1988 X
Initial Penalty: $640.00
Current Penalty: $640.00
Issuance Date: 07/13/1988
Nr Instances: 1
Nr Exposed: 3
Related Event Code (REC): A
Gravity:
Report ID: 0418400
Contest Date:
Final Order:
Emphasis:
Text For Citation: 01 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: BURNS
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 uncontrolled toppling of free-standing waste sections of prestressed precast reinforced concrete piling that had been partially sheared at elevation grade with a model 2400 Hydraulic Power Systems Inc., "Pile Beaver" hydraulic cutter at the Pulp Processing Building No. 35 area by Building No. 5 on or about 6/4/88. Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is: a) In one complete operation, so that employees are not required to work in proximity to any free-standing partially sheared piling, REMOVE ONE WASTE SECTION OF PILING AT A TIME; b) During use of a hydraulic cutter at grade elevation to shear a piling employees must be required to stay out of the trajectory, unless the employer can secure the waste section in such a manner (such as with the crane) that would prevent toppling; c) For a partially sheared piling that requires oxy-acetylene burning of the strands to complete a cut, the waste section of the standing piling must be secured in such a manner that oxy-acetylene burning will not cause the waste section of piling to topple until the employee who is using the torch can withdraw from the trajectory around the piling.
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