OSHA Inspection: MASTER BLASTER SERVICES INC.

Issued

2002-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-04-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $750.00 · Current $450.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Title 40.1-51.1.(a), Code of Virginia:  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:
(a)  110' fall hazard.  At 7:10 AM on 02/25/02 on the north side of 12601
Fair Lakes Circle, Fairfax, Virginia, the
prime contractor allowed an employee of the sub contractor to use a Sky
Genie brand lowering device in lieu of a
boatswains' chair to power wash the building and windows which resulted in
an employee falling 110' feet and
breaking his leg.  Lowering devices are classified as prohibited equipment
under paragraph 11.3 of ASME/ANSI
A39.1a-1987, Safety Requirements For Window Cleaning.
"One feasible and acceptable abatement method, among others, to correct
this hazard is to use an approved
boatswains' chair or suspension scaffold to power wash the windows and
side of the building."

Issued

2002-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-04-07 00:00:00