OSHA Inspection: APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY

Issued

2004-07-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2004-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6700.00 · Current $6700.00

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 crushing hazards during line clearing operations:
a.Line Mechanics and Line Crew Supervisors were exposed to crushing hazards
when large limbs that were cleared from utility equipment were allowed to
free fall instead of being lowered by a separate work line or mechanical
equipment as documented on June 9, 2004.
Among others one feasible and acceptable abatement method to correct this
hazard is to
assure that limbs that cannot be dropped in a safe manner or by hand are
lowered to the
ground in a controlled manner using separate work lines or mechanical
equipment, as
reference in ANSI Z133.1-2000-paragraph 9.2.4.

Issued

2004-07-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2005-01-01 00:00:00