OSHA Inspection: BIRDAIR, INC.

Issued

Apr 14, 1992

Abate by

May 18, 1992

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $4,000

Issued

Apr 14, 1992

Abate by

May 18, 1992

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $4,000

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
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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 collapsing steel post and cables due to improper
erection procedures:
(a)  Employees were in process of hoisting the center truss of the roof
cable system.
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct
the hazard is  to insure engineering calculations are done to determine
and verify the structural adequacy of the attachment plate assemblies for
the erection loads to which these plate assemblies were subjected during
the jacking sequence o erection of the roof cable system.
(b)  Employees lifting the roof cable structures  were not continuously
monitored to insure proper erection sequence.
Among other methods include but not limited to feasible and acceptable
abatement method to correct this hazard.  Adequate measures were not taken
to insure that construction loading did not overstress attacchment plates.
There were no engineering analyze done on the attachment plates to insure
stability of structure at various stages  during the erection process.