OSHA Inspection: PACIFIC WEST REINFORCING, LLC

Issued

2016-06-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2016-07-27 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.703(d)(1): Reinforcing steel for walls, piers, columns, and similar vertical structures was not adequately supported to prevent overturning and to prevent collapse:  (a) Sunbury Generation Plant, Shamokin Dam, PA:  A thirty-eight (38) foot rebar tower erected to form a concrete column was not adequately supported to prevent collapse when one of the guy wires securing it in place was removed, causing the rebar tower to collapse, exposing employees to a potential injury, on or about March 17, 2016.    OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE:  29 CFR 1926.501(a)(2): The employer did not determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees were working had the strength and structural integrity to support employees safely:  (a) Sunbury Generation Plant, Shamokin Dam, PA: A thirty-eight (38) foot rebar tower erected to form a concrete column did not have the structural integrity to support an employee working from the face of the rebar when one of the guy wires securing it in place was removed, causing the rebar tower to collapse, exposing the employee to a potential injury, on or about March 17, 2016.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED