OSHA Inspection: LAGRANGE CRANE SERVICES, INCORPORATED

Issued

Apr 14, 1997

Abate by

Apr 21, 1997

Penalty

Initial $1,400 · Current $980 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not
furnish employmnent 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 struck by wire rope or falling with an
overturned crane.
a)East Side, Link Belt Crane. Wire rope clip was attached to live rope and
dead end at the
wedge socket.
b) East side, Link Belt Crane. Individual outriggers were sinking in the
gravel and did not
provide firm footing.
Feasible methods of abatement include:
1. Comply with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) B30.5 for
Mobile and
Locomotive Trains Section 5-1.7.3 and attach wire rope clips used in
conjuction with
wedge sockets to the unloaded dead end of the rope only.
2. Comply with American National Standards Institute (ANSI) B30.5 for
Mobile and
Locomotive Trains Section 5-3.4.6 and provide level footing by the use of
timbers,
cribbing, or other structural members to distribute the load so as not to
exceed the
allowable bearing capacity of the underlying material.