OSHA Inspection: SHANE DAVIS & ASSOCIATES

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Dec 18, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

General-duty citation text

SCRR 71-112A: Failed to furnish a place of employment which is free of
recognized hazards
which may cause death or serious physical harm to his employees and comply
with this
regulation and other occupational safety and health rules and regulations
promulgated under
Chapter 15 of Title 41, Code of Laws, State of South Carolina, 1976, as
amended, as
follows:
A.  Employer knew or should have known that employees working in a
personnel basket
being hoisted by a drum type hoist with no trial lift being conducted were
exposed to the
hazard of falling up to and in excess of 1200 feet to the ground, on or
about June 24, 1998.
A feasible and useful method, among others, is to perform a trial lift
prior to having
employees work from the basket, to detect and/or prevent system failure
due to overload.
B.  Employer knew or should have known that employees working in a
personnel basket
being hoisted by a drum type hoist without a complete visual inspection
were exposed to the
hazard of falling up to and in excess of 1200 feet to the ground, on or
about June 24, 1998.
A feasible and useful method, among others, is to perform a complete
visual inspection of
the basket and cable after the trial lift and prior to having employees
work from the basket.
C.  Employer knew or should have known that employees working in a
personnel basket
being hoisted by a drum type hoist, on or about June 24, 1998, with not
prelift meetings to
discuss procedures, limitations, and precautions were exposed to the
hazards of falls while
using improper procedures, overloading, and/or not taking proper
precautions.  A useful and
feasible method, among others, is to have prelift meetings to discuss all
pertinent safety items
prior to lifting.
D.  Employer knew or should have known that employees working in a
personnel basket
with no grabrail being hoisted by a drum type hoist were exposed to the
hazard of falling out
of basket that was up to and in excess of 1200 feet, on or about June 24,
1998.  A feasible
and useful method, among others, is to install a grabrail inside the
personnel basket.
E.  Employer knew or should have known that employees working in a
personnel basket
being hoisted by a drum type hoist with no anti-two block system were
exposed to the hazard
of falls up to and in excess of 1200 feet, on or about June 24, 1998.  A
feasible and useful
method, among others, is to install an anti-two blocking type device or
hoisting deactivation
system to the equipment.

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Jan 18, 1999

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Jan 18, 1999

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Dec 18, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Dec 18, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Dec 18, 1998

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Jan 18, 1999

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $1,500

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Dec 18, 1998

Penalty

Initial $600 · Current $600

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Jan 18, 1999

Issued

Dec 15, 1998

Abate by

Jan 18, 1999