OSHA Inspection: CLIFFHANGERS INCORPORATED

Issued

Aug 31, 2010

Abate by

Sep 24, 2010

Penalty

Initial $15,000

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 serious fall hazards:
Location-
205 Portland Street
Boston, MA 02114
An employee using a rope descent system did not tie back his life line to
an independent
anchorage as per ANSI IWCA I-14.1 2001: section 9.1.3 and 14.6.2.
Among other methods the following are feasible and acceptable means of
abating the hazards:
1. Comply with ANSI IWCA I-14.1 2001 Window Cleaning Safety Section 5.7.2
which
requires employees to be trained in identifying anchorages for both a
support system and
personal fall protection systems.
2. Comply with ANSI IWCA I-14.1 2001 Window Cleaning Safety Section 5.6.7
which
requires that rope descent systems be eqquipped with and utilize an
independent fall arrest
system complying with Section 3.8 and Section 9.2.2.
3. Submit a plan of service to the building owner, or his agent which
addresses safety
concerns and identifies the use of all anchorage points prior to the
service
being performed.
4. Perform an evaluation to ensure the employees have full comprehension
of the
company safety training.
CLIFFHANGERS WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A SIMILAR VIOLATION OF
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD 29 CFR 5a1, WHICH WAS
CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 311177711, CITATION NUMBER 2 ITEM
NUMBER 1, ISSUED ON 02/11/2008, WITH RESPECT TO WORK PLACE LOCATED AT
210 BROADWAY, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138, WITH A FINAL ORDER DATE OF
09/05/2008.