OSHA Inspection: EXTREME ERECTORS, INC.

Issued

Oct 3, 2000

Abate by

Oct 16, 2000

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:
On the telecommunications tower under construction at 1446 Bald Mountain
Road,
employees climbed to heights of 240 feet to reach their working station.
At this station,
the employees wrapped their lanyard around the angle steel support braces
of the tower,
attaching the lanyard back to itself.  This practice exposed the employees
to
the hazard
of falling from the tower should the angle steel cut the webbing.
Among other methods, a feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to
implement the use of wire hooks designed to encircle iron and steel
structural members
along with a self-closing, self-locking carabiner or a cross-arm strap
equipped with a
forged D-ring designed to wrap around beams or other structural components.