OSHA Inspection: SOURCE INTERNATIONAL

Issued

Jan 30, 2001

Abate by

Feb 2, 2001

Penalty

Initial $3,000 · Current $1,500 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 from falling a
distance of 14 ft to the ground when working on a free standing unstable
structure. Among other methods, one
feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this hazard is to
limit the height at which work is being
done on the free standing structures  to a distance no greater than four
times  the minimum base dimension of
the structure to avoid having the structure tip over.
A) LOCATION: FINISHING AREA
WORKERS INVOLVED IN THE ERECTION OF A MEZZANINE, WERE ON A FREE STANDING
SECTION OF A RACK SYSTEM AT A LEVEL OF 170"  AND THE MINIMUM BASE DIMENSION
WAS ONLY 42" WIDE, CREATING A HEIGHT TO WIDTH RATION GREATER THAN  FOUR TO
ONE (4:1) AND AN UNSTABLE STRUCTURE. THE STRUCTURE TIPPED OVER WHILE WORK
WAS
BEING DONE ON IT.

Issued

Jan 30, 2001

Abate by

Feb 2, 2001

Penalty

Initial $875 · Current $438 Reduced

Issued

Jan 30, 2001

Abate by

Mar 4, 2001

Penalty

Initial $525 · Current $263 Reduced