OSHA Inspection: J & J DOCK SERVICE INCORPORATED

Issued

May 22, 2000

Abate by

Jun 16, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $2,000 Reduced

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:
a)Employees walking, working, and operating powered industrial trucks in
trailers at the
terminal dock were exposed to the hazard of falling in or from trailers,
or being struck by falling
cargo in the trailers, due to trailers being inadvertently pulled from the
dock while employees
were still inside.
Among others, feasible and acceptable means to correct this hazard would
be:
A. Take steps to develop a means to identify trailers, from outside the
dock, that were not
closed out / safe to be moved. ( At the time of the inspection a chain was
placed across the
trailer doors indicating that it was not to be entered, but the chain was
not visible from outside
the dock.)
B. Take steps to label / identify dock doors so that door numbers can be
read from outside the
dock while a trailer is parked at the door. ( At the time of the
inspection, dock door numbers
on the outside of the dock were not blocked from view when a trailer was
parked in front of the
door.)
C. Take steps to re-paint lines identifying lanes on the pavement in front
of dock doors and
include door numbers with the lane markings. ( At the time of the
inspection, lane lines painted
on the pavement in front of the doors were faded ? illegible and the lines
were not identified as
to which door they corresponded with.)
D. Take steps to label the dock doors so that they can be readily
identified from inside the dock.
( At the time of the inspection, door numbers were not marked inside the
dock
except by a
computer display on a monitor mounted between two dock doors. The monitor
displayed one
of two door numbers, rather than both.)
A. Adequate steps were not taken to ensure that safe switching procedures
such as referring to
the trailer #, in addition to the door #, to designate a trailer to be
moved from the dock, and or
developing a means to identify trailers, from outside the dock, that were
not closed out / safe
to be moved.
B. Adequate steps were not taken to label / identify dock doors.Dock door
numbers on the
outside of the dock were blocked from view when a trailer was parked in
front of the
door.Lighting was inadequate to read door numbers after dark on doors that
did, or did not have
a trailer parked in front.Lines and door numbers were not legibly marked
on the pavement in
front of the dock doors. Door numbers were not marked inside the dock
except by a computer
display on a monitor that displayed one of two door numbers, rather than
both.
Among others, feasible and acceptable means to correct this hazard would
be:
To establish switching procedures such as referring to the trailer and
door # of trailers ready /
to be moved, and or developing a means, visible from outside the dock, to
identify trailers ready
/ safe to moved.
To label the dock doors so that they can be readily identified when a
trailer is parked in front
of the door.
To label the doors so that they can be readily identified from inside or
outside the dock during
daylight or evening hours.
To paint lines and door numbers on the pavement in front of the dock doors.
b) Employees operating powered industrial trucks were exposed to the
hazard of being caught
beneath / struck by the truck or overhead guard in the event of truck
tipover in that the
employees operating the lift trucks were not protected by seat belts or an
equivalent restraint
system.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct this
hazard would be, in
accordance with ASME B56.1 The American National Standard for Powered and
Nonpowered
Industrial Trucks, to install and require the use of, either the seat belt
system that was designed
and installed as original equipment for these types of lift trucks, or an
equivalent operator
restraint system.

Issued

May 3, 2000

Abate by

May 22, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

May 3, 2000

Abate by

May 22, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

May 3, 2000

Abate by

May 22, 2000

Penalty

Initial $2,500 · Current $1,000 Reduced

Issued

May 3, 2000

Abate by

May 22, 2000