OSHA Inspection: DELHI STEEL CORPORATION

Issued

Mar 6, 2001

Abate by

Mar 9, 2001

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,950 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 by falling steel web joist:
a)At the job site, Watkins Glen School Bus Garage, Watkins Glen, NY, on or
about 01-18-2001: On a multi-employer worksite, employees were exposed to
the hazard of falling open web steel joist that had not been secured by
tack
welding or bolting.
Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable method of abatement to
correct the hazard is to erect and secure open web joist in accordance with
the Steel Joist Institute Technical Digest, No. 9, for "Handling and
Erecting
Steel Joist and Joist Girders" dated July 1987.

Issued

Mar 6, 2001

Abate by

Mar 9, 2001

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,950 Reduced

Issued

Mar 6, 2001

Abate by

Mar 9, 2001