ROCHESTER, NH —
OSHA Inspection: CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC.
Referral inspection · Health discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral health inspection of CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC. in 35 INDUSTRIAL WAY, ROCHESTER, NH 03867 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 100850908.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC.
- Site address
- 35 INDUSTRIAL WAY
- City
- ROCHESTER
- State
- NH
- ZIP
- 03867
- Mailing
- 35 INDUSTRIAL WAY BOX 5005, ROCHESTER, NH 03867
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Health
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- N
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 000000
- SIC code (legacy)
- 3678
- Employees
- 680
- Ownership type
- A
- Industry flags
- Manufacturing health.
Citations
21 citations on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $490.00 · Current $490.00
General-duty citation text
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 employees were required to perform repetitive motions with hand postures resulting in stressors likely to cause cumulative trauma disorders: As of 7/23/90, employees in the Cable Department at the Gonic facility of Cabletron Systems, Inc., were exposed to hazards including repeated ulnar deviation and force requirements in handling, trimming, and crimping cables that caused an increased risk of cumulative trauma injuires to the upper extremities including tendonitis, epicondylitis, and carpal tunnel syndrome. The injury and illness records for this department from 1988 - 7/12/90 documented a pattern of such injuries. Among others, some feasible and acceptable methods to correct this hazard include, but are not limited to, the following. 1) Table edges and corners should be padded. Sharp edges where employees rest their arms can restrict blood flow to the wrists and hands. 2) The snipping tools should be replaced with tools that have longer handles. The short handles of the current tools result in pressure on the carpal canal during use. The tools should also have angled heads to reduce the amount of ulnar deviation of the hands during snipping. 3) Crimping tools should be replaced with tools with handle spans between 2 and 2.5 inches to avoid overextension of the hand. 4) An adjustable holder attached to the workbench could be used to hold the cable end stable during work in Prep 1 and 2, rather than having employees hold the cable being worked on. This would relieve the stress of the continuous grip necessary to stabilize and orient the cable. 5) Expand training to include the possible causes of cumulative trauma injury with an emphasis on avoiding stressful positions. 6) Perform a detailed job analysis of all jobs where symptoms have been reported to identify the possible stressors, then redesign the problem procedures. Involve the employees in the redesign process. Job rotation should involve jobs that are not themselves he cause of repetitive motion injuries. 7) Set up a medical management program to monitor employees and prevent early eymptoms from progressing to injuries. 8) Set up an ergonomics team consisting of members from management, engineering, safety, and employees to determine job analysis priorities and evaluate intervention strategies. Step 1 Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining the proposed program and dates of implementation of each element. The shall include, at a minimum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the dates required by this citation. 1) Evaluation of the conditions, locations, and activities that the affected employees perform. 2) Evaluation of applicable control measures. 3) Procurement, installation, and operation of selected control measures. 4) Monitoring to assure effective utilization of the control measures. Step 2 Implement chosen engineering and administrative controls. Submit letter of abatement as the elements are completed.
Recent events (2)
- — F (S) $490.00
- — Z (S) $490.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $490.00 · Current $490.00
General-duty citation text
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 employees were exposed to serious injury from lifting tasks without the use of administrative or engineering controls: Employees in the Shipping/Receiving Department were observed lifting and moving boxes of parts from pallets to the scale on the workbench or from the floor to pallets. The evaluation of these tasks indicated that the employees were exposed to an increased risk of musculoskeletal injuries on 9/18/90, and the injury and illness records for this department from 1988 through 7/12/90 documented a pattern of such injuries. Among other methods, some feasible and acceptable abatement methods available to correct this hazard include: 1) Adjustment of the vertical and horizontal load distances from the body. - Keep the loads as close to the body as possible. - Avoid simultaneous lifting and twisting. - Design the area to avoid floor lifts. Lifts from waist level are the least stressful. - Reposition the scales to reduce the lifting required. 2) Evaluate materials flow and implement installation of the purchased conveyor system to reduce manual handling of boxes. Adjust the height of the conveyor to a level near waist height. 3) Reduce the weights of containers to be shipped and try to order heavier parts such as the circuit boards packaged in smaller lots so that necessary lifts are below the action level calculated using the NIOSH lifting guide. 4) Evaluate the injury reports for backs and other strains related to lifting to monitor rates and causes. 5) Provide effective training for prevention of back injuries covering: - Lifting risks. - The biomechanics of lifting. - Handling skills-posture, movement, timing, avoidance of twisting. Step 1 Effective administrative protection, such as employee training and physical assessment of workers required to do lifting, etc., shall be provided as an interim protective measure until feasible engineering or administrative controls can be implemented or whenever such controls fail to reduce employee exposure to a nominal risk. Step 2 Submit to the Area Director a written, detailed plan of abatement outlining a schedule for the implementation of engineering or administrative control measures to control the risk of employee injury due to manual lifting tasks. The plan shall include, at a minumum, target dates for the following actions which must be consistent with the dates required by this citation. 1) Evaluation of the conditions, locations and manual lifting activities that the employees perform at the onset of musculoskeletal injuries. 2) Evaluation of applicable control measures. 3) Procurement, installation, and operation of selected control measures. 4) Monitoring to assure effective utilization of the control measures. Step 3 Implement chosen engineering and administrative controls. Submit letter of abatement as the elements are completed.
Recent events (2)
- — F (S) $490.00
- — Z (S) $490.00
1910.134 B01
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.1025 F04 I
- Issued
- Abate by
1910.134 B03
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.134 B10
- Issued
- Abate by
1910.1025 F03 II
- Issued
- Abate by
1910.1025 C01
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.1025 D02
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.1025 G01
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.1025 G02 II
- Issued
- Abate by
1910.1025 I03 I
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.1025 I04 III
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.1025 I04 IV
- Issued
- Abate by
1910.1025 L01 III
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $420.00
1910.1200 E01
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $300.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $300.00
- — Z (S) $420.00
1910.1200 F05 I
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $150.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $150.00
- — Z (S) $420.00
1910.1200 F05 II
- Issued
- Abate by
1910.1200 H
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $420.00 · Current $150.00 Reduced
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $150.00
- — Z (S) $420.00
1904.2 A
- Issued
- Abate by
- Penalty
- Initial $70.00
Recent events (2)
- — I (O)
- — Z (O) $70.00
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Abate by
Recent events (2)
- — F (O)
- — Z (O)
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 100850908.