OSHA Inspection: TURNEY TOWN SHELL AUTO CARE

Issued

Jun 27, 1995

Abate by

Jun 30, 1995

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:
On and prior to June 16, 1995, employees at Turney Town Shell Auto Care,
5095 Turney
Rd., Garfield Heights, Ohio, were subjected to the hazards of either being
struck by a raised
automotive lift and/or vehicle, or being caught between the lift and/or
vehicle and the floor,
resulting in fractures, crushed body parts, multiple internal injuries,
and/or death.
Inadvertent activities or movements of the hydraulic lifts were more
likely due to lack of, or
deficiencies in, safety equipment and procedures as specified in the
National Standard Safety
Requirements of Construction, Care, and Use of Automobile Lifts, ANSI
B-153.1-1981.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct the
hazard is to comply
with ANSI B-153.1-1981, along with the use of equipment designed in the
industry to meet
these standards. Deficiencies noted were as follows:
a. The service area had 3 lifts (in-ground single lifting post) that had
inoperable automatic
mechanical devices to hold the lift in the fully extended position as per
3.2.1 of ANSI
B153.1-1981.
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b. For all automobile lifts on site, there was no regular
maintenance scheduled per
ANSI B-153.1-1981, Section 6.1.
Among other methods, one feasible and acceptable method to correct the
hazard is to obtain
an automatic mechanical device to hold the lift in the fully extended
position, with a safety
factor of not less than 3 based on the rated load capacity, and then to
equip the lift with this
device. Another feasible and acceptable method is to use jack-stands to
support
the lift in the
fully extended position, with a safety factor of not less than 3 based on
the rated load
capacity.
The safety stop is stipulated in paragraph 3.2.1 of the American National
Standard Safety
Requirements for Construction, Care, and Use of Automobile Lifts, ANSI
B-153.1-1981.

Issued

Jun 27, 1995

Abate by

Jul 30, 1995

Issued

Jun 27, 1995

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Jun 30, 1995

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Jun 27, 1995

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Jun 30, 1995

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Jun 27, 1995

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Jun 30, 1995

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Jun 27, 1995

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Jul 30, 1995

Issued

Jun 27, 1995

Abate by

Jul 30, 1995