OSHA Inspection: HUBBARD & DRAKE

Issued

2002-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2002-03-11 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4900.00 · Current $4000.00 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 the hazard of being crushed by falling load from a chain
hoist:
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to use an
approved lifting sling or device.
a) On or about September 19, 2001 at the number two coker located at
Solutia, Inc. plant in
Decatur AL, a different contractor's employees were attempting to position
a large boiler tube
sheet with the use of a Jet L-90 two ton overhead chain host.  The chain
hoist load line on the
east end was passed through one of the 180 degree tubes and the hook was
hooked back to the
load line this contractor's employees, therefore using the chain of the
hoist as a sling around the
load to lift it.  In addition, a come along was hooked to the load line of
the hoist by the other
contractor's employees to move the load laterally, thereby exposing
Respondent's employees to
death or serious physical harm.  Both the Jet L-90 operators manual and
A.N.S.I. B30.16
prohibit this practice.