OSHA Inspection: FLUOR GLOBAL SERVICES

Issued

Mar 5, 2002

Abate by

Mar 11, 2002

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 to
employees in that employees
were exposed to the hazard of being crushed by a falling load from a chain
hoist:
(a) On or about September 19, 2001 at the number two coker located at the
Solutia Inc. plant
in Decatur AL employees were attempting to position a large boiler tube
sheet with the use of
Jet L-90 two ton overhead chain hoists. 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 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 to move the load laterally. Both the
Jet L-90 operators
manual and A.N.S.I. B30.16 prohibit this practice. "AMONG OTHER METHODS,
ONE
FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD
IS TO USE AN APPROVED LIFTING SLING OR DEVICE".