OSHA Inspection: SNSL CONSTRUCTION, INCORPORATED

Issued

Jan 17, 2008

Abate by

Jan 24, 2008

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety & 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 or struck-by hazards from a wall collapse when
manually raising wood
framed walls.
Location - 5 Bare Cove Lane, Hingham:
On 09/21/07, employees were lifting a wood frame gable end wall without
means to
protect employees in the event the wall falls.
Feasible abatement methods include but are not limited to the following:
1. Use Cranes for erecting or powered industrial trucks with
manufacturers' approved attachment
for erecting walls.
2. Use mechanical or manual wall jacks which prevent a wall from falling
either direction.
3. Pre-plan the job to calculate the weight of the walls.
4. Conduct pre-lift meeting to discuss sequence of wall erection task.

Issued

Jan 17, 2008

Abate by

Jan 24, 2008

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced