TranslateViolation Detail
Standard Cited: 5A0001 OSH Act General Duty Paragraph
| Violation Items | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr: 106118698 | Citation: 02001 | Issuance: 04/27/1993 | ReportingID: 0524700 | ||
| Viol Type: | Willful | NrInstances: | 1 | Contest Date: | 05/19/1993 |
| Abatement Date: | 04/30/1993 X | Nr Exposed: | 4 | Final Order: | 08/23/1993 |
| Initial Penalty: | $10,500.00 | REC: | A | Emphasis: | |
| Current Penalty: | $1,500.00 | Gravity: | 10 | Haz Category: | FALLING |
| Penalty and Failure to Abate Event History | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Event | Date | Penalty | Abatement | Type | FTA Insp | |
| Penalty | Z: Issued | 04/27/1993 | $10,500.00 | 04/30/1993 | Willful | ||
| Penalty | F: Formal Settlement | 08/23/1993 | $1,500.00 | 04/30/1993 | Willful | ||
Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 001 Hazard: FALLING
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 1/26/93, employees could fall and be fatally injured from unprotected leading roof edges 18 ft. to 21 ft. 6 in. above concrete floors while not using fall protection and installing steel roof decking, laying out insulation material and driving screws. Among others, some feasible and useful methods to correct this hazardous condition would be, to use safety belts and lanyards rigged as a restraint device to prevent a fall, safety harness and lanyard, scaffolds with guard railings, and aerial lifts or equivalent fall protection. In that; on or about 1/26/93, employees could fall from a scaffold plank 18 ft. to 21 ft. 6 in. above concrete floors and be fatally injured whiel not using fall protection and rolling out fiberglass insulation. Among others, some feasible and useful metthods to correct this hazardous condition would be, to use safety belts and lanyards rigged as a restraint device to prevent a fall, safety harness and lanyard, scaffolds with guard railings, and aerial lifts or equivalent fall protection.