OSHA Inspection: CD SMITH CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

Mar 29, 2023

Abate by

Apr 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $15,625 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): 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 an employee was exposed to crushing and struck-by hazards while moving concrete formwork.  (a) On or about October 28, 2022, CD Smith Construction, Inc., 555 Kilbourne Ave, Milwaukee, WI:  An employee worked in the fall shadow of a stripped concrete wall form lifted by a GEHL Telehandler forklift (Model #rs8-42 gen:3) while attempting to maneuver the form to be laid down on the ground. The 1,890 pound wall form was suspended from a single hook at the end of the Telehandler forklift attachment using a Symons wall system lifting bracket attached to a steel choker.  An employee  pushed the bottom of the wall from the vertical lifted position while the form was elevated.  This condition exposed the employee to a crushing hazard.

Issued

Mar 29, 2023

Abate by

Apr 4, 2023

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.251(a)(2)(ii): Rigging equipment was loaded in excess of its rated capacity:  (a) On or about October 28, 2022, CD Smith Construction, Inc., 555 Kilbourne Ave, Milwaukee, WI: The Symons Double Duty Lift Bracket system used to lift a Symons 1,890 pound, 16 foot wide by 18 foot tall wall form, was loaded in excess of the rated lifting capacity when the bottom of the wall form was deflected from the vertical lift position.  This created and over capacity load on the Double Duty Lift Bracket system.