OSHA Inspection: LTI CONTRACTING

Issued

Jan 8, 1998

Abate by

Jan 13, 1998

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $1,750 Reduced

Issued

Jan 8, 1998

Abate by

Jan 13, 1998

Penalty

Initial $49,000 · Current $46,550 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 being struck by falling structural steel members during a
building collapse:
a.On or about July 14, 1997, Building 221, under construction, did not have
sufficient or adequate temporary and/or permanent bracing on the north and
south
columns, which would have provided lateral stability, preventing the
building
from falling in an east or west direction.
b.On or about July 14, 1997, Building 220, under construction, did not have
temporary or permanent cable bracing on the north and south columns from
expansion joint eight to the east end wall, which would have provided
lateral
stability, preventing the building from falling in an east or west
direction.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to ensure conformance to standard industry practice during the erection of
pre-fabricated metal
buildings, specifically during the placement, squaring, plumbing and
securing, by the use of
temporary guys and bracing, of the structural framing.  Protection of
structural members against
loads, such as wind loads acting on the exposed framing and seismic forces
comparable in
intensity to those for which the completed structure is designed, as well
as loads imposed due
to erection equipment and erection operation, is standard industry
practice.  Such standard
industry practice is outlined in Chapter Six, Section 6.2.5 of Metal
Builders Manufacturing
Association's 1996 publication entitled, Low Rise Building Systems Manual,
in Section 11.1 of
American National Standards Institute's Standard for Construction and
Demolition Operations,
A10.13 (1989), in Chapter 5-56, Section 1.25 of The American Institute of
Steel Construction's
Steel Construction Manual, and in Section 7 of The American Institute of
Steel Construction's
Code of Standard Practice.
ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIREDATION