OSHA Inspection: HARRIS STRUCTURAL STEEL CO.

Issued

Oct 15, 1992

Abate by

Oct 20, 1992

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $3,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:
On or about 5/27/92, 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 being struck, crushed or caught
between vertical steel beams which were not adequately braced during
heat application:
a- Shop #7, Fabrication Shop - On or about 5/27/92, employees
were exposed to being crushed or caught between vertical steel
beams which were not adequately braced during heat application.
Among feasible and acceptable methods to correct these hazards
are as follows:
1- Adequately brace and support the steel beams during hte
heat cambering operation, New York State Steel Construction
manual, Section 1501.5.
2- Determine the method of support and computation for
pre-loading prior to beginning the cambering operation,
including the methods of supporting the beams, deterninbation
of the magnitude of the loads placed over the beams to aid
the cambering process.  The aforementioned shall be described
on a sketch sheet and approved by the engineering staff,
New York State Steel Construction Manual, Section 1501.5.