OSHA Inspection: A-1 ELECTRIC CO. OF CHARLOTTE, INC.

Issued

Mar 13, 1998

Abate by

Mar 19, 1998

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129 (1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North
Carolina:  The employer did not furnish to each of his employees
conditions of 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:
a)in that at the time of the incident on Jan. 30, 1998 employees were
working from
an elevated platform in an area where an overhead crane was subject to be
operated in close proximity of the elevated platform and appropriate
procedures
had not been taken to assure that the overhead crane and/or other moving
equipment would not be operated in the area in which the employees were
working.
Among other methods one feasible method to correct the hazard is to
establish specific written
procedures to prevent any moving equipment from being operated in an area
where employees
will be working from an elevated platform.