OSHA Inspection: DELTA GRANITE & MARBLE,INC

Issued

2003-10-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2003-11-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2500.00 · Current $2500.00

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 hazards of being struck by concrete slabs in that:
a)  On or about 08/26/03, in the slab yard, two employees were
inventorying slabs.  The
slabs were on stands in the yard which held 6-8 slabs of Granite at an
angle of approximately
83 degrees.  The employees would move each slab to an angle of
approximately 90 degrees and
read the invoice tag on the slab behind.  One employee was tasked to hold
the slabs at 90
degrees while the other employee read the invoice tags.  The employee was
holding 4-6 slabs
at approximately 90 degrees when the slabs moved beyond 90 degrees,
crushing him.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method to
correct the
hazard would be to use a slab restraint system that would prevent the
slabs from moving beyond
90 degrees.