OSHA Inspection: GULF COAST PRE-STRESS, INC.

Issued

Nov 22, 2000

Abate by

Nov 29, 2000

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $3,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of Public Law 91-596, 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: falling heavy loads due to
employer's failure to
provide the same size, grade and construction of replacement hoist load
line wire rope as had
been recommended by the crane manufacturer.
(a)Gulf Coast Pre-Stress, Inc.'s East Yard, Lot 5, South of the New Girder
Pouring
Beds - Employees attaching transport tie-down eye-bolts and chains to 73.3
ton
Bulb-T Girders, for the Florida DOT Project #SP52050-3524, were exposed to
being crushed by falling load(s) due to the employer having earlier
replaced the
hoist load line(s) for Mi-Jack Model 750-D Travelift Cranes #7 & #4 with
5/8
inch diameter, 6 x 26, EIPS, IWRC, Right Alternate Lay, wire rope instead
of
the crane manufacturer's recommended 5/8 inch diameter, 6 x 36, EIPS, IWRC,
Right Regular Lay, wire rope.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct this hazard is
to use only wire rope of the size, grade and construction recommended by
Mi-Jacks Products,
Inc. of Hazel Crest, IL.