OSHA Inspection: PATRICK MEDIA GROUP

Issued

Jul 12, 1990

Abate by

Jul 16, 1990

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 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) A fall of approximately 35 feet - an employees were observed
replacing an advertising poster on a billboard, located on Parkway
East, billboard numbers 11003 and 11004. His lanyard was secured to
and aluminum ladder rung while working as much as four feet about the
attachment point. The lanyard length was eight feet long and would
allow a seven foot drop from the anchorage point to the end of the
lanyard. The employee was replacing the advertising poster on the
billboard.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is to secure the lanyard to an anchorage lifeline
above the point of operation.