OSHA Inspection: HALPIN LINE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Jul 15, 2004

Abate by

Jul 22, 2004

Penalty

Initial $6,300 · Current $6,300

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 associated with: the moving of the aerial
trolley without adequate
communications.
Location:  Job site.
An employee was fataly injured when his neck became caught between the
safety
chain on the aerial trolley and the power line spreader, when the trolley
was
being pulled by a tracked vehicle 300 feet away from the operator.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable abatement method would be
to provide adequate communications between the employee in the trolley and
the
operator of the pulling vehicle.