OSHA Inspection: MURRAY CONSTRUCTION CO.

Issued

Aug 29, 2005

Abate by

Sep 1, 2005

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $900 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 being struck by falling debris and a falling debris chute:
Contractor employees were exposed to a falling debris chute from the
fourth floor of the
building located at 374 Millburn Ave.,'School House Plaza', Millburn, NJ,
due to inadequate
anchorage of the debris chute supports around the window frame which the
controlling
contractor owned and had installed, while working in the debris trailer
leveling the piles of
debris which had been dumped.
Feasible and acceptable abatement methods are to comply with the
Superchute installation
manual written and provided  by the manufacturer which states in part:
1) Safer chute installations can be achieved using Superchute chute hoists
namely
Loadspreaders
for windows.
2) If the Superchute is anchored by any other method a structural engineer
must verify the
adequacy of the anchors and supporting structure.
Violation occurred on or about 7/28/05.