OSHA Inspection: GREYSTONE CONCRETE PRODUCTS, INC.

Issued

Mar 13, 2009

Abate by

Mar 18, 2009

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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 free
from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or
serious physical harm to employees, in
that employees were exposed to fall hazards when a catwalk was corroded
and/or rusted:
a)establishment, block incline conveyor - where employees walked and
worked on a catwalk that
was corroded (rusted) and defective. The employer did not maintain/repair
the catwalk along
the inclined conveyor to maintain its structural integrity and to prevent
deterioration from rust
and corrosion. On or about November 17, 2008, an employee was fatally
injured when the 15th
section plank support bracket that was corroded broke at the weld joints
causing an employee to
fall approximately 38' to the ground below.
Abatement note:
One feasible and acceptable abatement method is to develop a maintenance
program to ensure safe
facility operations and conditions of the conveyor, structure and catwalk
components.