OSHA Inspection: HJ FOUNDATION, INC.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12145.00 · Current $12145.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1425(c)(1): The employer did not make sure that the materials being hoisted when employees were hooking, unhooking, or guiding the load were rigged to prevent unintentional displacement:      a) Crane operations near pile holes: On or about October 7, 2019 the use of an alternate rigging plan:  looping the synthetic webbing slings around ties/rings and securing the eye of the strap over the vertical bars along with the clevis self-locking hook neither being properly secured around the vertical bar nor the tie/ring led to an unsafe rigging method which exposed employees to injuries associated with being struck by and crushed by the load.

Issued

2020-04-01 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-04-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12145.00 · Current $12145.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1425(c)(3): The materials were not rigged by a qualified rigger:      a) Crane operations near pile holes: On or about October 7, 2019 an employee with only three months experience and assigned to hook and unhook the rigging to the rebar cages utilizing an alternate method was not sufficiently trained to be qualified as a rigger utilizing the alternate method as determined by OSHA, which exposed employees to injuries associated with being struck by and crushed by the load.