OSHA Inspection: SUMMIT TOWER SERVICES INC.

Issued

Dec 28, 1998

Abate by

Dec 31, 1998

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 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 employee(s) were exposed to fall hazards of one hundred and eighty
(180) feet while
attempting to repel down from a Pyrod telecommunication tower under
construction located at
Fiest Hardwoods, Newton Falls Ohio.  There was no secondary independent
lifeline to arrest
a fall.
Abatement may be attained by but not limited to:
a.  Prohibit employees from descending towers utilizing repelling methods.
b.  The use of approved safety climbing devices and fall arrest systems
while ascending and
descending towers.
c.  Utilize approved crane baskets with the use of cranes in accordance
with 29 CFR
1926.550(g).
Or in the alternative:
29 CFR 1926.105:  Safety nets were not provided when workplaces were more
than 25 feet
above the ground or water surface, or other surface(s) where the use of
ladders, scaffolds, catch
platforms, temporary floors, safety lines, or safety belts were
impractical:
In that employee(s) were exposed to fall hazards of one hundred and eighty
(180) feet while
attempting to repel down from a Pyrod telecommunication tower under
construction located at
Fiest Hardwoods, Newton Falls Ohio.  There was no secondary independent
lifeline to arrest
a fall.
Abatement methods may include the use of approved fall arrest systems,
safety climbing devices,
or the use of approved crane baskets with the use of cranes in accordance
with 29 CFR
1926.550(g).

Issued

Dec 28, 1998

Abate by

Dec 31, 1998

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

Dec 28, 1998

Abate by

Dec 31, 1998

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced