OSHA Inspection: TED ALDRIDGE WINDOW CLEANING SERVICE

Issued

Sep 8, 1998

Abate by

Sep 14, 1998

Penalty

Initial $1,000 · Current $600 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:
Ted Aldridge Window Cleaning Service; 1000 Center, Little Rock, AR:   At
the jobsite,
the employer did not furnish employment or 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 recognized hazards
associated
with attaching both the utility (main) line and the employee life line of
a window
washer's descent control system to the same anchor point.  This practice
exposes
employees to the hazards of a fall.
Among other methods, two feasible and acceptable abatement methods to
correct
this
hazards are as follows:
1)  The use of a second set of parapet clamps to secure an extra
horizontal line which
would serve as a separate and independent anchor point for the employee
life line.
2)  The use of an additional horizontal line attached securely to
substantial members of
the building structure which would serve as a separate and independent
anchor point for
the employee life line.