OSHA Inspection: MICHELS MID-AMERICA LINE & CABLE, INC.

Issued

2000-10-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-02-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3150.00 · Current $400.00 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 the hazard of being struck by broken chain or by falling
reels of fiber optic
cable being hoisted off a utility trailer with a common chain:
JOBSITE: A LENGTH OF CHAIN USED TO HOIST A REEL OF FIBER OPTICS OFF OF
A UTILITY TRAILER, WAS NOT A STEEL ALLOY CHAIN. THE STRENGH OF THIS
CHAIN WAS IN QUESTION.
AMONG OTHER METHODS, FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHODS
TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD ARE:
A.TO USE A STEEL ALLOY CHAIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH 29 CFR 1910.184
WHICH IS THE ONLY INDUSTRY RECOGNIZED METHOD FOR HOISTING.
B.TO TRAIN EMPLOYEES PERFORMING HOISTING OPERATIONS ON SAFE
OPERATING PROCEDURES.
SPECIFIC ABATEMENT DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIREDATION