OSHA Inspection: GALAXY SITE SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Mar 15, 2000

Abate by

Apr 1, 2000

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000

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 which were free from
recognized hazards that
were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm in that
employees were exposed
to the hazard of falls from a tower:
a) At the worksite, an employee was being hoisted by a load line on his
way to the top
of a 480 foot tower to install new equipment and the load line failed due
to a knot being
tied in it causing the employee to fall.  Employer failed to verify that
the knot in the load
line as a part of the hoist system could safely be used to lift the
employee to the top of
the tower.  As a result, an employee was exposed to a fall hazard,  on or
about
September 17, 1999.
One feasible and acceptable abatement method among others is to follow the
guidelines
of "OSHA Directive CPL 2-1.29 Interim Inspection Procedures During
Communication
Tower Construction Activities."
ABATEMENT VERIFICATION REQUIRED