OSHA Inspection: GENERAL ELECTRIC CO., APPARATUS SERVICE DEPT.

Issued

Jan 22, 1991

Abate by

Feb 22, 1991

Penalty

Initial $720 · Current $720

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:
A) ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 1, 1990, EMPLOYEE(S) WERE EXPOSED TO THE HAZARD
OF BEING STRUCK BY OR CRUSHED BY FALLING LOADS DUE TO IMPROPER
RIGGING OF PARTS TO BE LIFTED WITH AN OVERHEAD CRANE AND SLINGS.
THE METHOD OF RIGGING USED WAS AN EYE AND EYE SYNTHETIC WEB SLING
WIT THE EYES LOOPED AROUND PORTIONS OF THE PART TO BE LIFTED AND
THE BODY OF THE SLING RUN OVER THE CRANE HOOK WHICH COULD RESULT
IN THE PART SHIFTING AND THE SLING MOVING ON THE HOOK. IN ADDITION,
ENDLESS LOOP SYNTHECTIC WEB SLINGS HAD BEEN USED IN A SIMILAR MANNER.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASBLIE AND ACCEPTABLE METHOD TO CORRECT THIS
HAZARD IS TO PROVIDE ON SAFE RIGGING PRACTICES AND THE PROPER USE AND
LIMITATIONS OF SLINGS.

Issued

Jan 22, 1991

Abate by

Feb 1, 1991

Penalty

Initial $720 · Current $720