OSHA Inspection: W. E. DARIN CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISES, INC.

Issued

Jun 24, 1988

Abate by

Jun 27, 1988

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

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 hazard of being struck or run over by a moving quench car:
a) On 6/3/88 at construction site at Tonawanda Coke Corp., employees
performing repair work on "A" conveyor were exposed to moving quench
car traveling on railroad tracks near their work area.
A feasible and acceptable method of abatement, among others, is to erect
a barricade parallel to the tracks, at a proper distance away from
tracks, and set up along the length of the work area to separate the
work area from the track area.

Issued

Jun 24, 1988

Abate by

Jul 12, 1988

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $500 Reduced