OSHA Inspection: DELAWARE VALLEY STEEL ERECTORS

Issued

1989-03-03 00:00:00

Abate by

1989-03-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1000.00 · Current $1000.00

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: On or
about 2/9/89, 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 a 14 foot fall to ground below:
a) Employees "bolting up" during steel erection at approximately center
of building.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to enforce the use of safety belts and lifelines
or the equivalent.