Text For Citation: 01 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: On or about 9-23-98, employees were involved in post tensioning one-half inch cables with a "Power Team" post tensioning machine model C, serial number 391912, located at the east side of the parking deck at the second level near column E-8. Employees were exposed to the hazard of being hit by the cable or post tensioning machine components, as they were not removed from the vicinity prior to reducing pressure on the cable. "Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method would be to remove personnel from the immediate vicinity of the cable or post tensioning machine components prior to releasing tension on the cable in accordance with the Post-Tensioning Institute Field Procedures Manual for Unbonded Single Strand Tendons, Paragraph 7.6.8."