OSHA Inspection: DIAMOND SAWING & CORING, L.L.C.

Issued

2009-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6650.00 · Current $3658.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 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 are exposed to fall and
struck-by
hazards caused by not determining whether the alterations made to a skid
steer loader
met the manufacturers design criteria for the vehicle.
Throughout the job site located at Building 600, Lincoln Air National
Guard Base,
Lincoln, NE - The employer is failing to ensure that employees working on
the site
are protected from fall and struck-by hazards associated with the
alteration and
operation of the skid steer on this site.  The employer has shop
fabricated a forklift
mast to fit on the skid steer's coupling device so as to lift personnel to
elevation to
facilitate high level work.  The employer made this alteration to the
vehicle without
conducting an engineering study, Job Hazard Analysis to determine the
feasibility of
this configuration falling within the manufacturer's design
specification/limitations for
the vehicle.  The employer also failed to contact the manufacturer to
obtain
information about or approval to make this alteration to the vehicle.  Two
employees
were injured, one fatally when the platform tipped over with the employees
elevated
above it throwing them onto the concrete below.
Among other methods, feasible and acceptable methods of abatement are:
1)  Ensure that an engineering study be done to the vehicle and the mast to
ascertain the vehicle's ability to safely perform in the manner intended
by the
employer.
2)  Contact the manufacturer of the skid steer loader to determine if the
vehicle was designed to perform in the manner the employer is attempting to
use it.
3)  Obtain written approval from the manufacturer allowing the employer to
alter the vehicle to perform in this configuration.
4)  Conduct a Job Hazard Analysis to identify, access and either alleviate
or
mitigate all hazards to the employees for this operation.
Abatement certification and abatement documentation is required for this
violation.
The documentation should include written verification of abatement,
applicable
measurements or monitoring results, and photographs or videos which you
believe
will be helpful. The abatement certification sheet is enclosed with the
citations.ion

Issued

2009-07-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2009-08-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6650.00 · Current $3657.00 Reduced