OSHA Inspection: AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN DBA LIBERTY GLASS

Issued

Dec 14, 1994

Abate by

Jan 1, 1995

Penalty

Initial $7,000 · Current $5,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970:  The
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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:
Rail road track area between the Mold Shop on the southeast, the warehouse
on the west side,
and the mobile maintenance shop on the northeast side, where the distance
between the two
buildings on the south side was approximately 15 ft (4.55 m), where
employees were allowed
to use this area as a walkway. Employees were allowed to operate the fork
truck(s) across the
railroad tracks at the north end of the facility between the west
warehouse and the northeast
warehouse. Among other methods, two feasible and acceptable methods is to
prohibit employees
to use this approximately 15 ft. wide tunnel like area as a walk way and
prohibit employees to
operate the fork truck across the rail road tracks when trains are
approaching.