OSHA Inspection: SEACOAST METAL PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 15, 1993

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

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 hazards of falls and being
struck by materials in
that:
a.   On May 10, 1993 at the Broadway Bridge, the sudden and
unexpected
uplift of the leaf, while removing and replacing steel
roadway gratings and
supporting steel beams on the leaf of a movable bascule
bridge from which
the machinery had been removed, and which therefore could
not be locked
in the down position, exposed employees to hazards of
falls and being
struck by materials.  The leaf was held in the closed
position only by
maintaining balance on the trunnions, and a single wire
rope
attached from
the rear of the counterweight to an uplift beam.
Among other methods, two feasible and acceptable abatement
methods to
correct this hazard while such operations are in progress
are (1) to retain
the machinery in place, if contract time permits, so the
leaf can be locked
down, or (2) to develop and implement an engineered plan
of removal and
replacement which insures the maintenance of balance.

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 15, 1993

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 15, 1993

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 15, 1993

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 15, 1993

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 15, 1993

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Nov 9, 1993

Abate by

Nov 15, 1993

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300