OSHA Inspection: BUCKEYE CRANE SERVICE, LLC

Issued

2016-04-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1424(a)(2)(ii): To prevent employees from entering hazard areas, the employer did not erect and maintain control lines, warning lines, railings or similar barriers to mark the boundaries of the hazard areas and/or did not train each employee to understand what these markings signify.   On or about March 16, 2016, while using a mobile crane to install wooden roof trusses for the construction of an apartment building, the employer created struck by and pinch/crush hazards to employees working for a framing contractor, by not erecting and maintaining control lines, warning lines, or other similar barriers to mark the boundaries of the swing radius of the mobile crane.