OSHA Inspection: NORTH DAKOTA CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY

Issued

Jun 13, 2002

Abate by

Jul 15, 2002

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $3,375 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:
(a) On or about 04/04/02 for employees engaged in the manufacture of
pre-stress
concrete bridge supports and exposed to the potential hazard of being
struck by 0.60
diameter cable being stressed to approximately 13,400 lb/sq. ft. of upward
force.
Among other methods, three combined feasible and acceptable abatement
methods to correct this
hazard would be to:
1.  Replace the existing clevis now in use with a clevis engineered and
designed to
withstand the upward force imposed by the drape strand and potential cold
brittle fracture
created by cold weather use.
2.  Engineer a system for the pre-stress concrete pouring process that
would eliminate
the need to install a wood shim under the clevises holding the drape
strands.  The
elimination of the wood shim would remove employees from a "line of fire"
hazard
created by the drape strand cable.
3.  Engineer and install a system of restraints that would be applied to
the drape strands
and all other cables under tension in the pre-stress concrete pouring
process to contain
those cables under tension in the event of cable or clevis failure.
Abatement Note:  Abatement certification and documentation are required
for this item (see
enclosed "Sample Abatement Certification Letter").tion