OSHA Inspection: EMPIRE DETROIT STEEL

Issued

Dec 20, 1990

Abate by

Jan 3, 1991

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $450 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 OF CARRIERS WHO
TRANSPORT STEEL FROM THE MANSFIELD, OHIO MILL WERE EXPOSED TO:
THE HAZARD OF CONTACT WITH SUSPENDED LOADS (COILD OF STEEL)
AND/OR LOADS BEING PLACED ON FLAT BED TRAILERS. CRANE
OPERATORS MOVED SUSPENDED LOADS WHILE THESE EMPLOYEES WERE
IN CLOSE PROXIMITY AND DID NOT REQUIRE THE DRIVERS TO BE
LOCATED AT A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THESE SUSPENDED LOADS.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO
CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO ASSURE THAT THE DRIVERS ARE LOCATED IN A SAFE
POSITION, OFF THE TRAILER, WHILE SUSPENDED LOADS ARE MOVED, HOISTED,
AND/OR LOWERED.