OSHA Inspection: BLACKMON-FARRELL ELECTRIC, INC.

Issued

Oct 26, 2007

Abate by

Oct 31, 2007

Penalty

Initial $875 · Current $440 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 impalement hazards from vertical protruding electrical
conduit that projects
above the floor:
a)  On or about 7/12/07, at the Central Dining Hall of SUNY Alfred in the
kitchen area;
the 1/2" diameter conduit sticking up out the concrete floor (18 inches),
where employees
were framing soffits, was not protected or covered.
One suitable and feasible means of abatement for this hazard, among
others, is to cover
or protect the conduit with devices and/or methods used to protect rebar.
NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED