OSHA Inspection: LANDMARK STRUCTURES, INC.

Issued

Feb 26, 2001

Abate by

Mar 22, 2001

Penalty

Initial $4,000 · Current $4,000

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 free
from recognized
hazards that were causing, or likely to cause, death or serious physical
harm to employees.  On
November 20, 2000, near the Texas State Technical College campus in
Waco,TX, involving the
construction of a 1.5 million gallon composite elevated storage tank:  The
employer did not
protect employees from the recognized hazard of entanglement leading to a
fall of 80 feet when
lowering thrust ring forms from on top of a concrete pedestal.  The use of
a 1-inch diameter
polypropylene rope wrapped around a 10-inch diameter pipe was used to
manually lower a
concrete form measuring 37 inches tall, having a chord length of 16'0-3/8"
(arc length of 16'-5-
1/4"), and weighing approximately 330 pounds.  This manual operation
introduced an
entanglement hazard to the operator of the load line and exposed the
individual to a fall.
Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this
hazard
are:
1.The utilization a crane to lower the forms.
2.The utilization of an electric and/or hydraulic hoist or a combination
thereof to
lower the forms.
3.Change the construction process of the dome to permit the interior crane
and/or
rigging devices to remain in place so it can be used to lower the forms to
the
ground after the concrete has cured.