OSHA Inspection: DIXIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF ALABAMA

Issued

Jun 24, 1992

Abate by

Jun 30, 1992

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

Jun 23, 1992

Abate by

Jun 29, 1992

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $2,000 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 falls from elevators:
(a) 40th floor, east side, where an employee was installing wire rope
at the roof edge 29 feet above an adjacent roof, with no fall pro-
tection, on or about 5/14/92.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is the utilization of safety belts, lanyards, and
lifelines.
THE DIXIE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A
VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS
EQUIVALENT STANDARD 5(a)(1), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION
NUMBER 106494289, CITATION NUMBER 01, ITEM NUMBER 001, ISSUED ON
3/4/92, AND BECAME A FINAL ORDER OF THE OSHA REVIEW COMMISSION ON
4/1/92.