OSHA Inspection: HELPING HAND MAINTENANCE COMPANY

Issued

May 3, 2002

Abate by

May 9, 2002

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $300 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 falling from a Boom-Supported Elevating Work
Platform.
(a)  At the jobsite located in River Falls WI, an employee was in the
process of
dismantling and removal of a sign in the front of 212 Main Street while
using a work
platform without wearing  personal fall arrest equipment. Employee was
exposed to a fall
hazard of approximately 10 feet.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods of abatement to
correct this
hazard would be to comply with American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) A92.5-
1992, Standard for Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platforms, which requires
that
employees operating the work platform wear fall arrest equipment as
required by Section
8.8(g).