OSHA Inspection: METAL DESIGN & ENGINEERING, INC.

Issued

2012-03-27 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-04-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3000.00 · Current $3000.00

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 puncture wounds, lacerations, and impalement due
to the sharp
"protruding steel", such as but not limited to metal unistruts and metal
threaded rods:
a) Throughout the interstitial floors - employees were exposed to contact
with sharp
"protruding steel", such as but not limited to, the unistruts and threaded
while
crawling under and walking next to the "protruding steel".
Among other methods one feasible and acceptable method of abatement is to
install rubber
end caps on the unistruts and threaded rods.ded