Commission Issues Decision in Ceco Concrete Construction, LLC., OSHRC Docket No. 17-0483
Ceco Concrete Construction, LLC, is a nationwide structural concrete construction company. On September 1, 2016, a Ceco employee died after falling from the 16th floor of a building under construction in West Palm Beach, Florida. Following the accident, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration conducted an inspection and issued Ceco a four-item, serious citation, of which only two items—Items 3 and 4—are at issue on review. Item 3 alleges a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.703(a)(1) for failing to design formwork to withstand vertical and lateral loads from wind gusts. Item 4 alleges a violation of 29 C.F.R. § 1926.703(b)(6) for failing to properly secure a formwork table’s legs and anchor plates to the building’s concrete floor.