OSHA Inspection: M & H STEEL ERECTORS, INC.

Issued

Dec 21, 1990

Abate by

Dec 24, 1990

Penalty

Initial $350 · Current $350

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 falling when an employee was on a load which was lifted by
a crane:
a) Northeast corner of the De-watering Building - An iron worker
had hand bolted one end of a steel beam which was suspended by a
Grove Mobile Hydraulic Crane. While the iron worker was on the beam
to make the connections at the other end, he signaled the crane to
lift the beam slightly so that the bolt holes could be aligned. When
the crane lifted up on the beam, the iron worker fell from the beam
to the ground.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to provide and use ladders or scaffolds for access to
connection points while steel beams are lifted by cranes.