OSHA Inspection: ILLINOIS FRAMING (SELECT BUILD)

Issued

Jun 30, 2009

Abate by

Aug 16, 2009

Penalty

Initial $1,500 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish
a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were
causing or likely to
cause death or serious physical harm in that employees were exposed to
crushing hazards while
attempting to manually raise a balloon-framed wall that was not adequately
secured to the deck.
Illinois Framing Inc.
Employees were not protected from crushing hazards during the manual
hoisting a framed
balloon wall.
Feasible abatement would include the following as described in a Safety
and Health Information
Bulletin (SHIB), Hazards of Manually Lifting Balloon Framed Walls
established by the United
States Department of Labor:
The SHIB specifically states:
1.Pre-plan the job.
2.Determine the weight of the walls.
3.Conduct "pre-lift"  meetings to discuss the safest methods for raising
these walls.
4.Use a competent person to consider and supervise all aspects of the
lifting operation.
5.Use cranes with appropriate and approved attachment to assist in raising
and placing
balloon framed walls.
6.Use either forklifts of adequate size and capacity for lifting balloon
framed walls or
rough terrain forklifts with appropriate and approved attachments in
placing balloon
framed walls.
7.Prior to the lifting of the wall, establish a limited access zone
whenever a balloon framed
wall is being raised.
8.Secure bottom plates with adequate sized metal bands located at each end
of the wall and
spaced not more than 6 feet apart or other adequate feasible means of
securing the
bottom plate.
9Use either manual or mechanical/electrical wall jacks to assist with the
lifting and placing
balloon framed walls.
10.If the manual lifting methods are chosen and a determination is made
that a method
exists to safely lift these walls, assure that a sufficient number of
workers are continually
assisting while each wall is being raised to prevent the wall from falling
back onto them
and to prevent overexertion by workers lifting each wall.
11.Require employees to use the proper procedures for engaging load
handling attachments
onto forklifts or cranes. Make these safe lifting procedures part of the
company's safety
and health program.
Abatement documentation is required for this item in accordance with the
requirements of
29 CFR 1903.19(d)ts