OSHA Inspection: OK GROCERY COMPANY WAREHOUSE

Issued

Aug 24, 1990

Abate by

Feb 4, 1991

Penalty

Initial $720 · Current $720

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 of this workplace are required to do lifting, pushing and
pulling which exposed them to excessive risk of musculoskeletal
injuries.
Abatement normally will be multistep as follow:
Step 1: Effective administrative protection such as employee training,
physical assessment, 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 and/or administrative measures to control employees
injury due to manual lifting tasks. Engineering controls to
reduce musculoskeletal stresses include, but are not limited to
job redesign, redution of the lifting frequency, or weight and
use of mechanical lifting aids. This plan 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 conditions, locations and manual lifting
activities that the employees are performing at the
onset of musculoskeletal injuries;
(2) Evaluation of applicable control measures; and
(3) Procurement, installation and operation of selected control
measures.
Step 3: Abatement shall have been completed by the implementation of
feasible engineering and/or administrative controls upon
verification of such.

Issued

Aug 24, 1990

Abate by

Sep 28, 1990

Penalty

Initial $320 · Current $100 Reduced

Issued

Aug 24, 1990

Abate by

Oct 12, 1990