OSHA Inspection: PITT-DES MOINES, INC. DBA PDM BRIDGE

Issued

2000-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-03-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $2500.00 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:
(a) Steel beam storage yard, hazard of employees being crushed by and/or
caught
between steel beams due to the failure by compression or bending of the
wood cribbing
used for beam support.  The employer did not provide an adequate program
to determine
the load capacities of the wood block cribbing used to support steel
beams.
(b) Employees were not trained in the load capacities of wood block
cribbing, and were
not trained in the proper location for placement of wood cribbing in the
stack
of steel
beams.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods to correct the hazard
include:
(a) Establish a program and procedures to evaluate and determine the load
capacities of
the wood cribbing used to support the steel beams by using accepted good
engineering
practices.
(b) Establish a training program to train employees in the load capacities
of the wood
cribbing.
(c) Establish a training program to train employees in the proper
placement of
wood cribbing in the stack of steel beams when used to support the load.
(d) Use cribbing material that is not susceptible to failure by
compression or bending.ion

Issued

2000-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-01-12 00:00:00

Issued

2000-12-15 00:00:00

Abate by

2001-01-12 00:00:00