OSHA Inspection: H & H CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Jun 7, 2002

Abate by

Jun 12, 2002

Penalty

Initial $1,050 · Current $735 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:
On May 31, 2002, at a worksite near the corner of Vine Street and St.
Clair, Eastlake, OH, an
employee was observed working in the left lane of a 2-lane road during a
hoisting operation
without any means of protection from oncoming traffic.  The employee, who
was controlling
the tagline attached to a load being hoisted, was positioned so that the
flagger being used to
control traffic was behind the worker and unable to stop traffic before
the tagline employee was
exposed.
Among other feasible and acceptable abatement methods that could be used
to correct this
hazard, one is to reposition the flagger to be in front of the tagline
operator
so that traffic could
be stopped while he is required to work/stand directly in or around the
lane of traffic.  Other
means would be to utilize visual warning equipment such as traffic signs
and cones or utilize
physical barriers such as barrels to alert oncoming traffic to an active
worksite.

Issued

Jun 7, 2002

Abate by

Jun 12, 2002