OSHA Inspection: BILCO CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC.

Issued

Feb 25, 1998

Abate by

Mar 9, 1998

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500

General-duty citation text

5(a)(1)
a.Bilco Construction Pile Driving Operation - 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 an employee was exposed to a piece of pile driving
equipment (a Foster hairpin which weighed between 2,000 and 2,500 pounds)
suspended above his head while working from stirrups attached to the sheet
piling approximately 10 feet above the ground.
"AMONG OTHER METHODS, ONE FEASIBLE AND ACCEPTABLE ABATEMENT
METHOD TO CORRECT THIS HAZARD IS TO KEEP ALL LOADS FROM ABOVE
WORKERS HEADS AT ALL TIMES.

Issued

Feb 25, 1998

Abate by

Mar 9, 1998

Penalty

Initial $3,500 · Current $3,500

Issued

Feb 25, 1998

Abate by

Mar 9, 1998

Issued

Feb 25, 1998

Abate by

Mar 9, 1998

Issued

Feb 25, 1998

Abate by

Mar 5, 1998

Penalty

Initial $750 · Current $750