OSHA Inspection: CARSON INDUSTRIES

Issued

Feb 9, 1990

Abate by

Aug 14, 1990

Issued

Feb 9, 1990

Abate by

Aug 14, 1990

Issued

Feb 9, 1990

Abate by

Aug 14, 1990

Issued

Feb 9, 1990

Abate by

Feb 28, 1990

Issued

Feb 9, 1990

Abate by

Feb 21, 1990

Issued

Jan 3, 1990

Abate by

May 7, 1990

Penalty

Initial $300 · Current $300

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
excessive risk of developing back injury from lifting tasks without
administrative or engineering controls:
a) Core Area; An employee designated as a molder/laborer was exposed to
excessive risk of back injury from lifting tasks, in that, the
employee lifts 100 lb. bags of molding sand for the core machine
without engineering controls. The injury and illness records for 1987
documented an incident of musculoskeletal injury for the employee
designated as a molder (10/26/89).
b) Mold Area; Employees designated as modlers were observed lifting 100
lb. molds from the jolt-squeeze machine to a conveyor belt without
administrative or engineering controls. The injury and illness record
for 1989 documented an incident of musculoskeletal injury for the
employee designated as a molder (10/26/89).
Abatement normally will be multistep as follows:
Abatement Schedule
Step 1 - Effective administrative protection, such as employee training,
physical assessemnt, job rotation, etc. shall be provided as an
interim protective measure until feasible engineering or
permanent administrative controls can be implemented which will
reduce employee exposure to 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 measures to control employee
injury due to manual lifting task.
Engineering controls to reduce musculoskeletal stresses include
but are not limited to job redesign, reduction of the
horizontal and vertical load distance from the body, reduction
of the lifting frequency, or weight, and use of mechanical
lifting aids. This plan shall include at a minimu, taget 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 are performing at the onset of
musculoskeletal injuries.
2) Evaluation of applicable control measure(s).
3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control
measures.
Step 3 - Abatement shall have been completed by implementation of
feasible engineering or administrative controls, upon
verification of their effectiveness in reducing the occurrence
of musculoskeletal injuries.
Suggested methods of abatement would include the following:
Instance (a) - Core Area - Feasible engineering controls would include
the use of mechanical lifting aids, i.e. lift tables and/or hoists for
lifting the sand, or reduce the weight of the bags of sand.
Instance (b) - Mold/Cast Area - Feasible engineering controls would
include the use of mechanical lifting aids, and feasible administrative
controls would include employee training, job rotation, and the use of
back supports for lifting tasks.

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Dec 28, 1989

Penalty

Initial $180 · Current $180

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Dec 28, 1989

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Jan 11, 1990

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Jan 11, 1990

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Jan 5, 1990

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Jan 26, 1990

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Jan 5, 1990

Issued

Dec 21, 1989

Abate by

Jan 11, 1990