OSHA Inspection: MCABEE CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jun 1, 2006

Abate by

Jun 13, 2006

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 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 struck-by hazards:
a)On or about 03/01/06, Enbridge Tie-In, employees were exposed to being
struck-by steel
piping during the de-watering, using nitrogen gas, of a newly constructed
natural gas
pipeline.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard is to secure the
"pot" with a clamp in accordance with the Department of the Army, US Army
Corps of
Engineers, Safety and Health Requirements Manual, EM 385-1-1, Section
20.A.16. and
American National Standards Institute - B31.1-1973, Power Piping, Section
121.2.1.  Both of
which are referenced in OSHA's Safety and Health Information Bulletin,
SHIB 06-21-2004,
which recognizes lack of anchoring as a hazard associated with de-watering
of pipelines.