OSHA Inspection: KRAEMER BROTHERS

Issued

Dec 1, 1999

Abate by

Dec 6, 1999

Penalty

Initial $5,000 · Current $3,000 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) Crushing hazards when walking under formwork that was being loaded.
Employees
accessing the 3rd and 4th floor during concrete placement on the 4th floor
were under
formwork that was in the process of being loaded or had just been loaded.
"AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE
ABATEMENT METHOD              TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS...."
1. Providing points of access in positions where employees do not need to
walk under
formwork that will be loaded,
2. Erect safety signs and barricades to keep unauthorized personnel clear
of area in which
erection, concrete placing, or stripping is under way as stipulated by the
American
Concrete Institute, "Guide to Formwork for Concrete", ACI 347R-88, 3.1(a).

Issued

Dec 1, 1999

Abate by

Dec 6, 1999

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced