OSHA Inspection: BIG V SUPERMARKETS INC. D/B/A SHOP RITE

Issued

Oct 25, 1989

Abate by

Oct 25, 1990

Penalty

Initial $800 · Current $800

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 were exposed to the hazard of repetative hand, wrist, arm
and back motions from front end checking operations which includes
bar code laser scanning, produce weighing and bagging of grocery
items. These operations can result in repetative trauma disorders
such as wrist, elbow, back and shoulder pain, ganglion cysts, and
carpal tunnel syndrome, causing employee lost work time and/or
permanent disability.
b) Employees were exposed to the hazard of repetative hand, wrist, arm
and back motions from bagging operations of grocery items. These
operations can result in arm, shoulder and back pain causing employee
lost work time and/or permanent disability.
Feasible and acceptable abatement methods, among others, to correct
these hazards are:
STEP 1-
Initiate a training awareness program to: Inform employees of the
hazard of repetative motion; Inform employees of, and demonstrate work
practices that can be used to minimize the heazard, such as use of power
grips.
Increase rotation of employees to jobs not associated with repetative
motion.
Institute adequate mandatory rest breaks.
STEP 2-
Provide an ergomomic evaluation by a qualified person, of all operations
covered by this citation. The evaluation shall include, but not be
restricted to:
a) Review of OSHA recommendations listed above;
b) Systematic evaluation with regard to existing and new work practices;
c) Systematic evaluation with regard to existing and new workstations
designs and implementation;
d) Evaluation of effectiveness of the controls implemented.
STEP 3-
Abatement shall have been completed by implementation of feasible
engineering and/or administrative controls.

Issued

Oct 25, 1989

Abate by

Oct 1, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

Issued

Oct 25, 1989

Abate by

May 18, 1990

Penalty

Initial $500 · Current $500

Issued

Oct 25, 1989

Abate by

Oct 28, 1989