OSHA Inspection: BRAWDY CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Jan 31, 2003

Abate by

Feb 5, 2003

Penalty

Initial $900 · Current $630 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 falling to the ground while working in an
unsecured platform
raised in the air by the forks of a rough terrain powered industrial truck:
(a)  On or about 1/29/03, at Eckerd construction site, 8520 Transit Road,
Amherst, NY:
An employee was securing weatherproofing while in a "cage-type"
workplatform
supported in the raised position by the forks of a CAT Rough Terrain
Forklift Truck.
The workplatform was approx. 15 ft. above the ground and was not secured
to the truck.
Among others, a feasible method to eliminate or materially reduce this
hazard is to:
1. Install properly sized chains to secure the workplatform to the
forklift truck.
NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIREDATION