OSHA Inspection: KEMPF CONTRACTING, INC.

Issued

May 8, 2006

Abate by

May 16, 2006

Penalty

Initial $1,050 · Current $1,050

General-duty citation text

North Carolina General Statute 95-129(1) of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of North
Carolina:  The employer did not furnish to each of his employees
conditions of 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 his employees in that employees
were exposed to struck
by falling load hazards:
a)jobsite, on 01/10/06, the 40 ft. by 16 ft. rebar mat was not adequately
rigged and
secured to prevent excessive bending and collapse during lifting and
placement,
exposing employees to struck by falling load hazards.
Abatement note: among other methods, one feasible method to reduce this
hazard
would be to follow the recommendations of the Concrete Reinforcing Steel
Institute in its publication, Placing Reinforcing Bars, 8th ed. (2005),
requiring the
use of a spreader bar when hoisting reinforcing steel bars 30 feet or
longer to
prevent excessive bending.